Additive control of qubits for enabling time-domain and frequency-domain mutiplexing
A quantum electronics circuit comprises quantum circuit elements, control signal lines, and signal couplings therebetween for coupling at least some control signal lines with at least some quantum circuit elements. There are at least a first subset and a second subset of control signal lines. The signal couplings couple each of at least a subgroup of the quantum circuit elements with a respective control signal line of the first subset and a respective control signal line of the second subset. This enables additively controlling states of individual quantum circuit elements of the subgroup with mutually additive control signals transmitted through the respective control signal lines of the first and second subsets.
1. A quantum electronics circuit comprising:
a plurality of quantum circuit elements;
a plurality of control signal lines; and
signal couplings between said control signal lines and said quantum circuit elements, for coupling at least some of said control signal lines with at least some of said quantum circuit elements,
wherein said plurality of control signal lines comprises at least a first subset of control signal lines and a second subset of control signal lines, and
wherein said signal couplings are arranged to couple each of at least a subgroup of said quantum circuit elements with a respective control signal line of said first subset and a respective control signal line of said second subset, for enabling additively controlling quantum mechanical states of individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup with a plurality of mutually additive control signals transmitted through the respective control signal line of said first subset and the respective control signal line of said second subset, wherein the plurality of mutually additive control signals are, in combination, configured to affect the quantum mechanical states of individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup, and wherein the plurality of mutually additive control signals are all of a same type and comprise either: (i) direct current (DC) pulses for creating a magnetic flux, the DC pulses resulting in a combined flux quanta that is greater than or equal to a predetermined on-signal threshold of the individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup, or (ii) radiofrequency (RF) waveforms having a combined frequency that is within a predetermined frequency range of a resonant frequency of the individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup.
2. The quantum electronics circuit according to claim 1 , wherein:
said plurality of quantum circuit elements comprises a first, a second, a third, and a fourth quantum circuit element,
said signal couplings are arranged to couple a first control signal line of said first subset with the first and second quantum circuit elements, and a second control signal line of said first subset with the third and fourth quantum circuit elements, and
said signal couplings are arranged to couple a first control signal line of said second subset with the first and third quantum circuit elements, and a second control signal line of said second subset with the second and fourth quantum circuit elements.
3. The quantum electronics circuit according to claim 2 , wherein:
said signal couplings are arranged to couple the first control signal line of said first subset with a first subgroup of quantum circuit elements, including the first and second quantum circuit elements,
said signal couplings are arranged to couple the second control signal line of said first subset with a second subgroup of quantum circuit elements, including the third and fourth quantum circuit elements, and
said signal couplings are arranged to couple each control signal line of the second subset to only one quantum circuit element of the first subgroup and only one quantum circuit element of the second subgroup.
4. The quantum electronics circuit according to claim 3 , wherein said signal couplings are arranged to couple each control signal line of said first subset with a respective subgroup of quantum circuit elements, and each control signal line of said second subset with only one quantum circuit element of each subgroup.
5. The quantum electronics circuit according to claim 4 , wherein:
the plurality of control signal lines comprises at least one further subset of control signal lines in addition to the first and second subsets of control signal lines,
within each of said subsets, said signal couplings are arranged to couple each individual control signal line to a respective subgroup of quantum circuit elements, and
between said subsets, said signal couplings are arranged to couple at most one of the quantum circuit elements of each subgroup to any control signal line belonging to a different subset.
6. The quantum electronics circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least some of said quantum circuit elements are qubits.
7. The quantum electronics circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least some of said quantum circuit elements are resonators from which further couplings exist to further resonators.
8. The quantum electronics circuit of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mutually additive control signals, individually, perturb the individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup but do not affect the quantum mechanical states of the individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup.
9. A quantum electronics device comprising:
at least one quantum electronics circuit comprising a plurality of quantum circuit elements;
a plurality of control signal lines;
signal couplings between said control signal lines and said quantum circuit elements, for coupling at least some of said control signal lines with at least some of said quantum circuit elements; and
a multichannel control signal source configured to selectively transmit control signals to said plurality of control signal lines,
wherein said plurality of control signal lines comprises at least a first subset of control signal lines and a second subset of control signal lines, and
wherein said signal couplings are arranged to couple each of at least a subgroup of said quantum circuit elements with a respective control signal line of said first subset and a respective control signal line of said second subset, for enabling additively controlling quantum mechanical states of individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup with a plurality of mutually additive control signals transmitted through the respective control signal line of said first subset and the respective control signal line of said second subset, wherein the plurality of mutually additive control signals are, in combination, configured to affect the quantum mechanical states of individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup, and wherein the plurality of mutually additive control signals are all of a same type and comprise either: (i) direct current (DC) pulses for creating a magnetic flux, the DC pulses resulting in a combined flux quanta that is greater than or equal to a predetermined on-signal threshold of the individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup, or (ii) radiofrequency (RF) waveforms having a combined frequency that is within a predetermined frequency range of a resonant frequency of the individual quantum circuit elements of said subgroup.
10. The quantum electronics device according to claim 9 , wherein the multichannel control signal source is configured to control a state of an individual one of the plurality of quantum circuit elements by transmitting mutually additive control signals through those of said control signal lines with which said individual one of the plurality of quantum circuit elements is coupled through said signal couplings.
11. The quantum electronics device according to claim 9 , wherein the multichannel control signal source is configured to control states of individual ones of the plurality of quantum circuit elements by transmitting time multiplexed mutually additive control signals through those of said control signal lines with which said individual ones of the plurality of quantum circuit elements are coupled through said signal couplings.
12. The quantum electronics device according to claim 9 , wherein the multichannel control signal source is configured to control states of individual ones of the plurality of quantum circuit elements by transmitting frequency multiplexed mutually additive control signals through those of said control signal lines with which said individual ones of the plurality of quantum circuit elements are coupled through said signal couplings.