IP Library Granted Patent US 12,299,536
Granted Patent B2
US 12,299,536 · App. 18/045,387 · Granted May 13, 2025

Methods and apparatuses for reducing phase noise

Inventors: Michael Lurie Goldman (University Park, MD); Adam Daniel West (Bowie, MD); Jeremy Mathew Sage (Acton, MA); Laird Nicholas Egan (Annapolis, MD)
Assignee: IonQ, Inc.
G06N10/40G06N10/20G21K1/003G02F1/0102G02F1/11
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Patent No.
US 12,299,536
App. No.
18/045,387
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure may include a method and/or a system for identifying an ion chain having a plurality of trapped ions, selecting at least two non-consecutive trapped ions in the ion chain for implementing a qubit, applying at least a first Raman beam to shuttle at least one neighbor ion of the at least two non-consecutive trapped ions from a ground state to a metastable state, and applying at least a second Raman beam to one or more of the at least two non-consecutive trapped ions, after shuttling the at least one neighbor ion to the metastable state, to transition from a first manifold to a second manifold.

Claims (48)

1. A method of reducing phase noise during readout in a quantum information processing (QIP) system, comprising:

applying at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam to at least one ancilla qubit of a plurality of dual space single species (DSSS) qubits; and

applying a detuned global clock beam to transition the at least one ancilla qubit from a first state to a second state and refrain from transitioning remaining qubits of the plurality of DSSS qubits from the first state to the second state;

wherein the detuned individual addressing Raman beam is detuned from a first transition frequency by a first frequency and the detuned global clock beam is detuned from a second transition frequency by a second frequency.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second frequency is substantially equal to the light shift caused by the detuned individual addressing Raman beam.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first frequency is substantially identical to one of the second frequency or to −1 times the second frequency.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the detuned global clock beam comprises applying the detuned global clock beam contemporaneously as the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the detuned global clock beam comprises applying the detuned global clock beam temporally before or after the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

periodically changing a phase of the detuned global clock beam; and

periodically changing a first sign of the first frequency and a second sign of the second frequency.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

periodically changing a phase of the individual addressing Raman beam.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

applying the detuned global clock comprises simultaneously applying the detuned global clock and the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam, and

the detuned global clock and the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam have symmetrically detuned tones.

9. 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:

applying at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam to at least one ancilla qubit of a plurality of dual space single species (DSSS) qubits; and

applying a detuned global clock beam to transition the at least one ancilla qubit from a first state to a second state and refrain from transitioning remaining qubits of the plurality of DSSS qubits from the first state to the second state;

wherein the detuned individual addressing Raman beam is detuned from a first transition frequency by a first frequency and the detuned global clock beam is detuned from a second transition frequency by a second frequency.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the second frequency is substantially equal to the light shift caused by the detuned individual addressing Raman beam.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the first frequency is substantially identical one of the second frequency or to −1 times the second frequency.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions for applying the detuned global clock beam comprises instructions for applying the detuned global clock beam contemporaneously as the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions for applying the detuned global clock beam comprises instructions for applying the detuned global clock beam temporally before or after the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising instructions for:

periodically changing a phase of the detuned global clock beam; and

periodically changing a first sign of the first frequency and a second sign of the second frequency.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructions for:

periodically changing a phase of the individual addressing Raman beam.

16. The non-transistor computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein:

the instructions for applying the detuned global clock comprises instructions for simultaneously applying the detuned global clock and the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam, and

the detuned global clock and the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam have symmetrically detuned tones.

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

a first light source configured to apply at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam to at least one ancilla qubit of a plurality of dual space single species (DSSS) qubits;

a second light source configured to apply a detuned global clock beam to transition the at least one ancilla qubit from a first state to a second state and refrain from transitioning remaining qubits of the plurality of DSSS qubits from the first state to the second state; and

a controller configured to control the first light source and the second light source;

wherein the detuned individual addressing Raman beam is detuned from a first transition frequency by a first frequency and the detuned global clock beam is detuned from a second transition frequency by a second frequency.

18. The QIP system of claim 17 , wherein the second frequency is substantially equal to the light shift caused by the detuned individual addressing Raman beam.

19. The QIP system of claim 17 , wherein the first frequency is substantially identical one of the second frequency or to −1 times the second frequency.

20. The QIP system of claim 17 , wherein applying the detuned global clock beam comprises applying the detuned global clock beam contemporaneously as the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam.

21. The QIP system of claim 17 , wherein applying the detuned global clock beam comprises applying the detuned global clock beam temporally before or after the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam.

22. The QIP system of claim 17 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

periodically change a phase of the detuned global clock beam; and

periodically change a first sign of the first frequency and a second sign of the second frequency.

23. The QIP system of claim 22 , wherein the controller is further configured to periodically change a phase of the individual addressing Raman beam.

24. The QIP system of claim 17 , wherein:

the controller is further configured to simultaneously apply the detuned global clock and the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam, and

the detuned global clock and the at least one detuned individual addressing Raman beam have symmetrically detuned tones.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2025
From: GOLDMAN, MICHAEL LURIE; WEST, ADAM DANIEL; SAGE, JEREMY MATTHEW; EGAN, LAIRD NICHOLAS
To: IONQ, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 17867414 · Jul 18, 2022
Provisional Application 63222765 · Jul 16, 2021
Related Publication 20230402202A1 · Dec 14, 2023
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