Fast Bosonic Control via Multiphoton Qubit-Oscillator Interactions

Abstract:We study the problem of $n$-fold rotationally symmetric bosonic state preparation, which is of great importance to bosonic quantum error correction, using a multiphoton interaction between an oscillator and an auxiliary qubit. We present an $n$-photon Law-Eberly ($n$LE) protocol that serves as an analytic baseline, alongside numerical optimal control calculations that further reduce state preparation time. We find that multiphoton control protocols substantially reduce preparation times for binomial, cat, and Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill codewords compared to schemes relying on standard linear interactions. Further, we achieve arbitrary control over the oscillator's Hilbert space by combining different multiphoton interaction orders. We also extend these control improvements to the preparation of rotationally symmetric multi-oscillator states. Lastly, numerical simulations using realistic planar superconducting circuit parameters validate the robustness of our scheme against qubit and oscillator decoherence. Our findings can significantly enhance the performance of bosonic codes on planar superconducting hardware, an important ingredient for scalable fault-tolerant quantum computers.

arXiv:2510.27035 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2510.27035v3 [quant-ph] for this version)

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