IP Library Granted Patent US 11,750,189
Granted Patent B2
US 11,750,189 · App. 17/133,996 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Programmable and reprogrammable quantum circuit

Inventors: Elbert Emin Huang (Mountain View, CA); Charles Thomas Rettner (San Jose, CA); Michael Justin Beckley (San Jose, CA); Russell A. Budd (North Salem, NY); Vivekananda P. Adiga (Ossining, NY); David C. Mckay (Ossining, NY); Sarah Elizabeth Sheldon (Tarrytown, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H03K17/92G06N10/00
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Patent No.
US 11,750,189
App. No.
17/133,996
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate a programmable and/or reprogrammable quantum circuit are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting coupler device having a superconducting fuse device that is used to alter the coupling of a first quantum computing element and a second quantum computing element.

Claims (23)

1. A device, comprising:

a superconducting coupler device having a superconducting fuse device configured to alter the coupling of a first quantum computing element and a second quantum computing element; and

a superconducting antifuse device on the superconducting coupler device, wherein the superconducting antifuse device is configured to connect the superconducting coupler device to a ground based on exposure of the superconducting antifuse device to a laser output.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the superconducting fuse device is configured to break an electrically conductive path along the superconducting coupler device based on exposure of the superconducting fuse device to a laser output, and wherein the superconducting fuse device is configured to decouple the first quantum computing element and the second quantum computing element based on interruption of the electrically conductive path to improve at least one of: performance, accuracy, fidelity, or efficiency of a quantum computing device comprising the device.

3. The device of claim 1 , and wherein the superconducting fuse device is configured to disconnect the superconducting coupler device from the ground based on exposure of the superconducting fuse device to a laser output.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second superconducting coupler device having a superconducting antifuse device configured to couple the first quantum computing element and a third quantum computing element based on exposure of the superconducting antifuse device to a laser output.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the superconducting coupler device is selected from a group consisting of a quantum resonator, a bus, a transmission line, an electrode, and a lead.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first quantum computing element or the second quantum computing element is selected from a group consisting of a qubit, a qubit device, a quantum computing device, a readout device, a second quantum resonator, a waveguide, a Josephson junction, a ground, a capacitor, and a shunt capacitor.

7. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

reconfiguring, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, connectivity of quantum computing elements based on exposure of one or more superconducting switch devices provided on one or more superconducting coupler devices to at least one laser output, wherein a superconducting antifuse device on at least one of the one or more superconducting coupler devices is configured to connect the at least one of the one or more superconducting coupler devices to a ground based on exposure of the superconducting antifuse device to the at least one laser output.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more superconducting switch devices are selected from a group consisting of a superconducting antifuse device and a superconducting fuse device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:

applying, by the system, a laser output to a superconducting fuse device provided on a superconducting coupler device; and

breaking, by the system, an electrically conductive path along the superconducting coupler device to decouple a first quantum computing element and a second quantum computing element based on the applying.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:

applying, by the system, a laser output to a superconducting antifuse device provided on a superconducting coupler device; and

generating, by the system, an electrically conductive path along the superconducting coupler device to couple the superconducting coupler device to a ground based on the applying.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:

applying, by the system, a laser output to a superconducting antifuse device provided on a superconducting coupler device; and

generating, by the system, an electrically conductive path along the superconducting coupler device to couple the superconducting coupler device to a first quantum computing element and a second quantum computing element based on the applying.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more superconducting coupler devices are selected from a group consisting of a quantum resonator, a bus, a transmission line, an electrode, and a lead.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the quantum computing elements are selected from a group consisting of a qubit, a qubit device, a quantum computing device, a readout device, a quantum resonator, a waveguide, a Josephson junction, a ground, a capacitor, and a shunt capacitor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: HUANG, ELBERT EMIN; RETTNER, CHARLES THOMAS; BECKLEY, MICHAEL JUSTIN; BUDD, RUSSELL A.; ADIGA, VIVEKANANDA P.; MCKAY, DAVID C.; SHELDON, SARAH ELIZABETH
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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