Shortcuts to adiabaticity: Concepts, methods, and applications

D Guéry-Odelin, A Ruschhaupt, A Kiely… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019‏ - APS
Shortcuts to adiabaticity (STA) are fast routes to the final results of slow, adiabatic changes
of the controlling parameters of a system. The shortcuts are designed by a set of analytical …

[HTML][HTML] A quantum engineer's guide to superconducting qubits

P Krantz, M Kjaergaard, F Yan, TP Orlando… - Applied physics …, 2019‏ - pubs.aip.org
The aim of this review is to provide quantum engineers with an introductory guide to the
central concepts and challenges in the rapidly accelerating field of superconducting …

Training Schrödinger's cat: Quantum optimal control: Strategic report on current status, visions and goals for research in Europe

SJ Glaser, U Boscain, T Calarco, CP Koch… - The European Physical …, 2015‏ - Springer
It is control that turns scientific knowledge into useful technology: in physics and engineering
it provides a systematic way for driving a dynamical system from a given initial state into a …

Scaling of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm on superconducting qubit based hardware

J Weidenfeller, LC Valor, J Gacon, C Tornow… - Quantum, 2022‏ - quantum-journal.org
Quantum computers may provide good solutions to combinatorial optimization problems by
leveraging the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA). The QAOA is often …

Demonstration of universal parametric entangling gates on a multi-qubit lattice

M Reagor, CB Osborn, N Tezak, A Staley… - Science …, 2018‏ - science.org
We show that parametric coupling techniques can be used to generate selective entangling
interactions for multi-qubit processors. By inducing coherent population exchange between …

Leakage reduction in fast superconducting qubit gates via optimal control

M Werninghaus, DJ Egger, F Roy, S Machnes… - npj Quantum …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Reaching high-speed, high-fidelity qubit operations requires precise control over the shape
of the underlying pulses. For weakly anharmonic systems, such as superconducting …

Practical guide for building superconducting quantum devices

YY Gao, MA Rol, S Touzard, C Wang - PRX Quantum, 2021‏ - APS
Quantum computing offers a powerful new paradigm of information processing that has the
potential to transform a wide range of industries. In the pursuit of the tantalizing promises of …

Digital quantum simulation of spin models with circuit quantum electrodynamics

Y Salathé, M Mondal, M Oppliger, J Heinsoo… - Physical Review X, 2015‏ - APS
Systems of interacting quantum spins show a rich spectrum of quantum phases and display
interesting many-body dynamics. Computing characteristics of even small systems on …

Optimal quantum control using randomized benchmarking

J Kelly, R Barends, B Campbell, Y Chen, Z Chen… - Physical review …, 2014‏ - APS
We present a method for optimizing quantum control in experimental systems, using a
subset of randomized benchmarking measurements to rapidly infer error. This is …

Universal qudit gate synthesis for transmons

LE Fischer, A Chiesa, F Tacchino, DJ Egger, S Carretta… - PRX Quantum, 2023‏ - APS
Gate-based quantum computers typically encode and process information in two-
dimensional units called qubits. Using d-dimensional qudits instead may offer intrinsic …