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Mechanically induced correlated errors on superconducting qubits with relaxation times exceeding 0.4 ms

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  • Shingo Kono

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
    EPFL)

  • Jiahe Pan

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
    EPFL)

  • Mahdi Chegnizadeh

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
    EPFL)

  • Xuxin Wang

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
    EPFL)

  • Amir Youssefi

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
    EPFL)

  • Marco Scigliuzzo

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
    EPFL)

  • Tobias J. Kippenberg

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
    EPFL)

Abstract

Superconducting qubits are among the most advanced candidates for achieving fault-tolerant quantum computing. Despite recent significant advancements in the qubit lifetimes, the origin of the loss mechanism for state-of-the-art qubits is still subject to investigation. Furthermore, the successful implementation of quantum error correction requires negligible correlated errors between qubits. Here, we realize long-lived superconducting transmon qubits that exhibit fluctuating lifetimes, averaging 0.2 ms and exceeding 0.4 ms – corresponding to quality factors above 5 million and 10 million, respectively. We then investigate their dominant error mechanism. By introducing novel time-resolved error measurements that are synchronized with the operation of the pulse tube cooler in a dilution refrigerator, we find that mechanical vibrations from the pulse tube induce nonequilibrium dynamics in highly coherent qubits, leading to their correlated bit-flip errors. Our findings not only deepen our understanding of the qubit error mechanisms but also provide valuable insights into potential error-mitigation strategies for achieving fault tolerance by decoupling superconducting qubits from their mechanical environments.

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  • Shingo Kono & Jiahe Pan & Mahdi Chegnizadeh & Xuxin Wang & Amir Youssefi & Marco Scigliuzzo & Tobias J. Kippenberg, 2024. "Mechanically induced correlated errors on superconducting qubits with relaxation times exceeding 0.4 ms," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-48230-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48230-3
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