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US 12,430,577 · App. 17/531,536 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Motional mode configuration for implementation of entangling gates in ion trap quantum computers

Inventors: Ming Li (Silver Spring, MD); Jason M. Amini (Takoma Park, MD); Yunseong Nam (North Bethesda, MD)
Assignee: IONQ, INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,430,577
App. No.
17/531,536
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of performing a computation using a quantum computer includes modulating motional mode structures of a plurality of trapped ions, each of the plurality of trapped ions having two frequency-separated states defining a qubit, computing a detuning frequency function and an amplitude function of a laser pulse to cause entangling interaction between a pair of trapped ions of the plurality of trapped ions, and performing a quantum computation in the quantum computer by applying a laser pulse having the computed detuning frequency function and the amplitude function to the pair of trapped ions for a gate duration.

Claims (12)

1. A method of performing a computation using a quantum computer, comprising:

modulating motional mode structures of a plurality of trapped ions, by adjusting a confining potential of an ion trap that traps the plurality of trapped ions, each of the plurality of trapped ions having two frequency-separated states defining a qubit;

computing a detuning frequency function and an amplitude function of a laser pulse to cause entangling interaction between a pair of trapped ions of the plurality of trapped ions; and

performing a quantum computation in the quantum computer by applying a laser pulse having the computed detuning frequency function and the amplitude function to the pair of trapped ions for a gate duration.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the modulating of the motional mode structures comprises adjusting the confining potential such that motional mode frequencies are integer multiples of 4π divided by the gate duration.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the laser pulse comprises two consecutive pulse segments of the same detuning frequency function and the same amplitude function but with opposite phases.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the amplitude function of the laser pulse is constant during the gate duration, and

the detuning frequency function of the laser pulse is an integer multiple of 2π divided by the gate duration.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the computing of the detuning frequency function and the amplitude function of the laser pulse is based on a first gate requirement for non-zero entangling interaction.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the computing of the detuning frequency function and the amplitude function of the laser pulse based on a second gate requirement that the laser pulse has a lowest peak-power.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the computing of the detuning frequency function and the amplitude function of the laser pulse based on a third gate requirement for ion-mode decoupling for the plurality of trapped ions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2022
From: LI, MING; AMINI, JASON M.; NAM, YUNSEONG
To: IONQ, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63119235 · Nov 30, 2020
Related Publication 20220172095A1 · Jun 2, 2022
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