Systems, devices, and methods for controllably coupling qubits
View Patent ↗A coupling system to couple a first and a second qubit in response to a state of the coupling system that may be set by two input signals.
1. A coupling system to couple a first qubit and a second qubit, the coupling system comprising:
a first loop of superconducting material;
a second loop of superconducting material;
a first Josephson junction interrupting the first and the second loops of superconducting material;
a second Josephson junction interrupting the second loop of superconducting material;
a first magnetic flux inductor that forms at least a portion of a first mutual inductance interface to inductively couple the first loop of superconducting material with the first qubit;
a second magnetic flux inductor that forms at least a portion of a second mutual inductance interface to inductively couple the first and the second loops of superconducting material with the second qubit;
a third magnetic flux inductor forming a third mutual inductance interface to inductively couple the first loop to a first coupling state control structure; and
a fourth magnetic flux inductor forming a fourth mutual inductance interface to inductively couple the second loop to a second coupling state control structure.
2. The coupling system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first qubit and the second qubit is a superconducting flux qubit.
3. The coupling system of claim 1 wherein a flux provided to the third magnetic flux inductor by the first coupling state control structure at least partially controls a coupling state of the coupling system.
4. The coupling system of claim 3 wherein the coupling state is produced and a magnitude of a persistent current within at least one of the first and the second loop of superconducting material is at least approximately zero.
5. The coupling system of claim 3 wherein the coupling state of the coupling system is selected from a group consisting of anti-ferromagnetic coupling, ferromagnetic coupling and zero coupling.
6. The coupling system of claim 1 wherein a flux provided to the fourth magnetic flux inductor by the second coupling state control structure at least partially controls a coupling state of the coupling system.
7. The coupling system of claim 6 wherein the coupling state is produced and a magnitude of a persistent current within at least one of the first and the second loop of superconducting is at least approximately zero.
8. The coupling system of claim 6 wherein the coupling state of the coupling system is selected from a group consisting of anti-ferromagnetic coupling, ferromagnetic coupling and zero coupling.
9. The coupling system of claim 1 wherein the first coupling state control structure includes a fifth magnetic flux inductor positioned to inductively couple with the third magnetic flux inductor, the third and the fifth magnetic flux inductors forming a first magnetic flux transformer.
10. The coupling system of claim 9 wherein the second coupling state control structure includes a sixth magnetic flux inductor positioned to inductively couple with the fourth magnetic flux inductor, the fourth and the sixth magnetic flux inductors forming a second magnetic flux transformer.
11. A method of controllably coupling a first qubit and a second qubit with a coupling system, wherein the coupling system comprises a first and a second superconducting loop and a first and a second Josephson junction, and wherein the first Josephson junction interrupts both the first and the second superconducting loops and the second Josephson junction interrupts the second superconducting loop, the method comprising:
coupling the first qubit to the first superconducting loop through a first mutual inductance interface;
coupling the second qubit to both the first and the second superconducting loops through a second mutual inductance interface;
applying a first amount of magnetic flux to the first superconducting loop through a third mutual inductance interface; and
applying a second amount of magnetic flux to the coupling system second superconducting loop through a fourth mutual inductance interface.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein anti-ferromagnetic coupling is produced between the first qubit and the second qubit when at least one of the first amount of magnetic flux the second amount of magnetic flux is non-zero.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein ferromagnetic coupling is produced between the first qubit and the second qubit when at least one of the first amount of magnetic flux the second amount of magnetic flux is non-zero.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein at least one of the first qubit and the second qubit is a superconducting flux qubit.
15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
adjusting the first amount of magnetic flux applied to the first superconducting loop.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein adjusting the first amount of magnetic flux causes a change in coupling between the first qubit and the second qubit.
17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
adjusting the second amount of magnetic flux applied to the second superconducting loop.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein adjusting the second amount of magnetic flux causes a change in coupling between the first qubit and the second qubit.
19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
adjusting the first amount of magnetic flux applied to the first superconducting loop; and
adjusting the second amount of magnetic flux applied to the second superconducting loop, wherein zero-coupling is produced between the first qubit and the second qubit when the first amount of magnetic flux and the second amount of magnetic flux are both at least approximately zero.