Parametric two-qubit gates via Landau-Zener interference

Authors:Simon Geisert, Albert Hertel, Soeren Ihssen, Zhongyi Jiang, Paul Kugler, Nicolas Zapata, Nicolas Gosling, Ameya Nambisan, Yuan Gao, Asier Galicia, Jéferson R. Guimarães, Yorgo Haddad, Marc Neis, Harsh Bhardwaj, Dmitriy A. Volkov, Juan Cereijo, Marcello Guardascione, Yebin Liu, Markus Jerger, Pavel Bushev, Frank Wilhelm-Mauch, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Shai Machnes, Mohammad Ansari, Rami Barends, Ioan M. Pop

Abstract:We propose and demonstrate gates between two superconducting qubits based on quantum interference of consecutive Landau-Zener (LZ) transitions. This gate mechanism bridges between baseband and parametric two-qubit control, enabling in situ tuning of the control frequency across a continuous interval up to hundreds of MHz. Another advantage compared to dispersive couplers is that the speed of the LZ gate is on the order of the full coupling strength. We experimentally demonstrate the gate on two platforms, a modular chiplet architecture of coupled generalized flux qubits, and on a monolithic transmon architecture. The combination of tunability and gate speed establishes the LZ gate as a unique tool for multiplexing control pulses and interconnecting superconducting chiplet architectures.

arXiv:2609.15604 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2609.15604v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.15604 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)