Observation of pairwise level degeneracies and the quantum regime of the Arrhenius law in a double-well parametric oscillator

NE Frattini, RG Cortiñas, J Venkatraman, X **ao, Q Su… - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
By applying a microwave drive to a specially designed Josephson circuit, we have realized
a double-well model system: a Kerr oscillator submitted to a squeezing force. We have …

Nonadiabatic geometric quantum computation with cat-state qubits via invariant-based reverse engineering

YH Kang, YH Chen, X Wang, J Song, Y **a… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
We propose a protocol to realize nonadiabatic geometric quantum computation of small-
amplitude Schrödinger cat qubits via invariant-based reverse engineering. We consider a …

Observation and manipulation of quantum interference in a superconducting Kerr parametric oscillator

D Iyama, T Kamiya, S Fujii, H Mukai, Y Zhou… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Quantum tunneling is the phenomenon that makes superconducting circuits “quantum”.
Recently, there has been a renewed interest in using quantum tunneling in phase space of a …

Fault-tolerant multiqubit geometric entangling gates using photonic cat-state qubits

YH Chen, R Stassi, W Qin, A Miranowicz, F Nori - Physical Review Applied, 2022 - APS
We propose a theoretical protocol to implement multiqubit geometric gates (ie, the Mølmer-
Sørensen gate) using photonic cat-state qubits. These cat-state qubits stored in high-Q …

Quantum gate for a Kerr nonlinear parametric oscillator using effective excited states

T Kanao, S Masuda, S Kawabata, H Goto - Physical Review Applied, 2022 - APS
A Kerr nonlinear parametric oscillator (KPO) can stabilize a quantum superposition of two
coherent states with opposite phases, which can be used as a qubit. In a universal gate set …

Control of the coupling between Kerr cat qubits via transmon couplers

T Aoki, T Kanao, H Goto, S Kawabata, S Masuda - Physical Review Applied, 2024 - APS
Kerr cat qubits are a promising candidate for fault-tolerant quantum computers owing to the
biased nature of their errors. The ZZ coupling between the qubits can be utilized for a two …

Autonomous quantum error correction in a four-photon Kerr parametric oscillator

S Kwon, S Watabe, JS Tsai - npj Quantum Information, 2022 - nature.com
Autonomous quantum error correction has gained considerable attention to avoid
complicated measurements and feedback. Despite its simplicity compared with the …

Two-qubit gate using conditional driving for highly detuned Kerr nonlinear parametric oscillators

H Chono, T Kanao, H Goto - Physical Review Research, 2022 - APS
A Kerr nonlinear parametric oscillator (KPO) is one of the promising devices used to realize
qubits for universal quantum computing. The KPO can stabilize two coherent states with …

Fast tunable coupling scheme of Kerr parametric oscillators based on shortcuts to adiabaticity

S Masuda, T Kanao, H Goto, Y Matsuzaki, T Ishikawa… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Kerr parametric oscillators (KPOs), which can be implemented with superconducting
parametrons possessing large Kerr nonlinearity, have been attracting much attention in …

Measurement-based preparation of stable coherent states of a Kerr parametric oscillator

Y Suzuki, S Watabe, S Kawabata, S Masuda - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Kerr parametric oscillators (KPOs) have attracted increasing attention in terms of their
application to quantum information processing and quantum simulations. The state …