Dynamically generated decoherence-free subspaces and subsystems on superconducting qubits

Feb 11, 2024
20 pages
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  • Rept.Prog.Phys. 87 (2024) 9, 097601,
  • Rept.Prog.Phys. 87 (2024) 097601
  • Published: Aug 14, 2024
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Abstract: (IOP)
Decoherence-free subspaces and subsystems (DFS) preserve quantum information by encoding it into symmetry-protected states unaffected by decoherence. An inherent DFS of a given experimental system may not exist; however, through the use of dynamical decoupling (DD), one can induce symmetries that support DFSs. Here, we provide the first experimental demonstration of DD-generated decoherence-free subsystem logical qubits. Utilizing IBM Quantum superconducting processors, we investigate two and three-qubit DFS codes comprising up to six and seven noninteracting logical qubits, respectively. Through a combination of DD and error detection, we show that DFS logical qubits can achieve up to a 23% improvement in state preservation fidelity over physical qubits subject to DD alone. This constitutes a beyond-breakeven fidelity improvement for DFS-encoded qubits. Our results showcase the potential utility of DFS codes as a pathway toward enhanced computational accuracy via logical encoding on quantum processors.
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  • 20 pages, 15 figures
  • quantum control
  • quantum error correction
  • quantum error suppression