Controlled-phase quantum logic gate

1. A circuit quantum electrodynamics (circuit QED) implementation of a control-phase quantum logic gate U CP (θ)=diag[1,1,1,e iθ ], the circuit QED implementation comprising:

two qubits Q i , where i=1 corresponds to a first qubit Q 1 and i=2 corresponds to a second qubit Q 2 , each having a frequency ω qi and being characterized by {circumflex over (σ)} zi ;

a first resonator R a , associated with the qubit Q 1 , defined by:

a resonator frequency ω ra ;

a resonator electromagnetic field characterized by â † and â;

a longitudinal coupling strength g 1z with the qubit Q 1 ;

a first longitudinal coupling g 1z {circumflex over (σ)} 1z (â † +â);

wherein a second resonator R b , such that, when the second resonator R b is independent from R a :

R b is associated with the qubit Q 2 ;

a longitudinal resonator-resonator coupling g ab is defined and R b is further defined by:

a second resonator frequency ω rb ;

a second resonator electromagnetic field characterized by {circumflex over (b)} † and {circumflex over (b)};

a second longitudinal coupling strength g 2z with the qubit Q 2 ;

a second longitudinal coupling g 2z {circumflex over (σ)} 2z ({circumflex over (b)} † +{circumflex over (b)}); and

when the second optional resonator R b is not independent from R a and integrated into R a :

R a is associated with the qubit Q 2 ;

the longitudinal resonator-resonator coupling g ab =1;

the second resonator electromagnetic field is characterized by â † and â where {circumflex over (b)} † =â † and {circumflex over (b)}=â;

the second resonator frequency ω rb =ω ra ;

the second longitudinal coupling strength g 2z is between the qubit Q 2 and R a ;

the second first longitudinal coupling g 2z {circumflex over (σ)} 2z ({circumflex over (b)} † +{circumflex over (b)}) is defined by R a as g 2z {circumflex over (σ)} 2z (â † +â); and

a modulator periodically modulating, at a frequency ω m during a time t, the longitudinal coupling strengths g 1z and g 2z with respective signals of respective amplitudes {tilde over (g)} 1 and {tilde over (g)} 2 , wherein selecting a defined value for each of t, g 1z and g 2z determines θ to specify the quantum logical operation performed by the control-phase quantum logic gate and wherein when the qubit Q 1 and the qubit Q 2 are decoupled when either one of the defined value of g 1z and the defined value of g 2z is to set to 0.

2. The circuit QED implementation of claim 1 , further comprising a transmitter for selectively providing a modulator activation signal to the modulator for activating the modulator for the duration t.

3. The circuit QED implementation of claim 1 , further comprising a signal injector providing a squeezed input to diminish a which-qubit-state information.

4. The circuit QED implementation of claim 3 , wherein the squeezed input is a single-mode squeezed input.

5. The circuit QED implementation of claim 3 , wherein the squeezed input is a two-mode squeezed input.

6. The circuit QED implementation of claim 3 , wherein the signal injector relies on broadband squeezed centered at ω rb and/or ω ra .

7. The circuit QED implementation of claim 1 , wherein the qubit Q 1 and the qubit Q 2 are transmons each comprising two Josephson junctions with respectively substantially equivalent capacitive values and the modulator comprises an inductor-capacitor (LC) oscillator, the longitudinal coupling resulting from mutual inductance between the oscillator and the transmons, the oscillator varying a flux Φ 1 in the qubit Q 1 and a flux Φ 2 in the qubit Q 2 .

8. The circuit QED implementation of claim 7 , wherein a 3-Wave mixing Josephson dipole element is used to couple the qubit Q 1 and the resonator R a .

9. A method for specifying a quantum logical operation performed by a control-phase quantum logic gate U CP (θ)=diag[1,1,1,e iθ ], wherein the circuit QED implementation comprises (I) two qubit Q i , where i=1 corresponds to a first qubit Q 1 and i=2 corresponds to a second qubit Q 2 , each having a frequency ω qi and being characterized by {circumflex over (σ)} zi ; (II) a first resonator R a , associated with the qubit Q 1 , defined by a first resonator frequency ω ra , a first resonator electromagnetic field characterized by â † and â, a first longitudinal coupling strength g 1z with the qubit Q 1 and a first longitudinal coupling g 1z {circumflex over (σ)} 1z (â † +â); (III) a second resonator R b , such that, when the second resonator R b is independent from R a , R b is associated with the qubit Q 2 , a longitudinal resonator-resonator coupling g ab is defined and R b is further defined by: a second resonator frequency ω rb , a second resonator electromagnetic field characterized by {circumflex over (b)} † and {circumflex over (b)}, a second longitudinal coupling strength g 2z with the qubit Q 2 , a second first longitudinal coupling g 2z {circumflex over (σ)} 2 ({circumflex over (b)} † +{circumflex over (b)}) and (IV), when the second optional resonator R b is not independent from R a and integrated into R a , R a is associated with the qubit Q 2 , the longitudinal resonator-resonator coupling g ab =1, the second resonator electromagnetic field is characterized by â † and a where {circumflex over (b)} † =â † and {circumflex over (b)}=â, the second resonator frequency ω rb =ω ra , the second longitudinal coupling strength g 2z , is between the qubit Q 2 and R a , the second longitudinal coupling g 2z {circumflex over (σ)} 2z ({circumflex over (b)} † +b) is defined by R a as g 2z {circumflex over (σ)} 2z (â † +â), the method comprising:

periodically modulating, at a frequency ω m during a time t, the longitudinal coupling strengths g 1z and g 2z with respective signals of respective amplitudes {tilde over (g)} 1 and {tilde over (g)} 2 ;

selecting a defined value for each of t, g 1z and g 2z , thereby fixing θ to specify the quantum logical operation performed by the control-phase quantum logic gate; and

setting at least one of the defined value of g 1z and the defined value of g 2z , is to 0 to decouple the qubit Q 1 from the qubit Q 2 .

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein selecting the defined value for each of t, g 1z and g 2z comprise a selectively providing a modulator activation signal to the modulator for activating the modulator for the duration t.

11. The method of claim 9 or claim 10 , further comprising providing a squeezed input to diminish a which-qubit-state information.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the squeezed input is a single-mode squeezed input.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the squeezed input is a two-mode squeezed input.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the squeezed input relies on broadband squeezed centered at ω rb and/or ω ra .

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the qubit Q 1 and the qubit Q 2 are transmons each comprising two Josephson junctions with respectively substantially equivalent capacitive values and the modulator comprises an inductor-capacitor (LC) oscillator, the longitudinal coupling resulting from mutual inductance between the oscillator and the transmons, the oscillator varying a flux Φ 1 in the qubit Q 1 and a flux Φ 2 in the qubit Q 2 .

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein a 3-Wave mixing Josephson dipole element is used to couple the qubit Q 1 and the resonator R a .