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US 12,424,345 · App. 17/866,258 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Methods and apparatuses for first order field insensitive qubits

Inventors: Jeremy Matthew Sage (Acton, MA); Michael Lurie Goldman (University Park, MD); Laird Nicholas Egan (Annapolis, MD)
Assignee: IonQ, Inc.
G21K1/003G06N10/20
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Patent No.
US 12,424,345
App. No.
17/866,258
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure may include a method and/or a system for biasing FOFI qubits including applying a magnetic field to one or more first order field insensitive (FOFI) qubits, wherein a first magnetic field sensitivity of the one or more FOFI qubits in a first state of a first manifold is substantially equal to a second magnetic field sensitivity of the one or more FOFI qubits in a second state of a second manifold, a global optical beam to the one or more FOFI qubits, and one or more Raman beams, wherein an application of at least one of the global optical beam or the one or more Raman beams transitions the one or more FOFI qubits from the first state to the second state.

Claims (27)

1. A method for operating a quantum information processing (QIP) system, comprising:

applying a magnetic field to one or more first order field insensitive (FOFI) qubits, wherein a first magnetic field sensitivity of the one or more FOFI qubits in a first state of a first manifold is substantially equal to a second magnetic field sensitivity of the one or more FOFI qubits in a second state of a second manifold;

applying a global optical beam to the one or more FOFI qubits; and

applying one or more Raman beams, wherein an application of at least one of the global optical beam or the one or more Raman beams transitions the one or more FOFI qubits from the first state to the second state.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising rotating a polarization of the global optical beam to such that |δm|=1 transitions are allowed and δm=0 transitions are suppressed.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more FOFI qubits include one or more barium 133 ions.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein applying the magnetic field comprises applying the magnetic field having a magnetic field strength between 16.45 Gauss and 16.50 Gauss.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more FOFI qubits include one or more barium 137 ions.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein applying the magnetic field comprises applying the magnetic field having a magnetic field strength between 15.40 Gauss and 15.45 Gauss.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein that, when executed by one or more processors of a quantum information processing (QIP) system, cause the one or more processors to:

cause a magnetic system to apply a magnetic field to one or more first order field insensitive (FOFI) qubits, wherein a first magnetic field sensitivity of the one or more FOFI qubits in a first state of a first manifold is substantially equal to a second magnetic field sensitivity of the one or more FOFI qubits in a second state of a second manifold;

cause a first light source of the laser scheme to apply a global optical beam to the one or more FOFI qubits; and

cause a second light source of the laser scheme to apply one or more Raman beams, wherein an application of at least one of the global optical beam or the one or more Raman beams transitions the one or more FOFI qubits from the first state to the second state.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , further comprising instructions for causing the first light source to rotate a polarization of the global optical beam to such that |δm|=1 transitions are allowed and δm=0 transitions are suppressed.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more FOFI qubits include one or more barium 133 ions.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the applying the magnetic field comprises applying the magnetic field having a magnetic field strength between 16.45 Gauss and 16.50 Gauss.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more FOFI qubits include one or more barium 137 ions.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein applying the magnetic field comprises applying the magnetic field having a magnetic field strength between 15.40 Gauss and 15.45 Gauss.

13. A quantum information processing (QIP) system, comprising:

a magnetic system configured to apply a magnetic field to one or more first order field insensitive (FOFI) qubits, wherein a first magnetic field sensitivity of the one or more FOFI qubits in a first state of a first manifold is substantially equal to a second magnetic field sensitivity of the one or more FOFI qubits in a second state of a second manifold;

a first light source configured to apply a global optical beam to the one or more FOFI qubits; and

a second light source configured to apply one or more Raman beams, wherein an application of at least one of the global optical beam or the one or more Raman beams transitions the one or more FOFI qubits from the first state to the second state.

14. The QIP system of claim 13 , wherein the first light source is further configured to rotate a polarization of the global optical beam to such that |δm|=1 transitions are allowed and δm=0 transitions are suppressed.

15. The QIP system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more FOFI qubits include one or more barium 133 ions.

16. The QIP system of claim 15 , wherein the magnet is further configured to apply the magnetic field having a magnetic field strength between 16.45 Gauss and 16.50 Gauss.

17. The QIP system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more FOFI qubits include one or more barium 137 ions.

18. The QIP system of claim 17 , wherein the magnet is further configured to apply the magnetic field having a magnetic field strength between 15.40 Gauss and 15.45 Gauss.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: SAGE, JEREMY MATTHEW; GOLDMAN, MICHAEL LURIE; EGAN, LAIRD NICHOLAS
To: IONQ, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63314100 · Feb 25, 2022
Provisional Application 63222765 · Jul 16, 2021
Related Publication 20230018878A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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