IP Library Granted Patent US 8,513,647
Granted Patent B1
US 8,513,647 · App. 13/083,363 · Granted Aug 20, 2013

Quantum computational device employing multi-qubit structures and associated systems and methods

Inventors: Dave M Bacon (Seattle, WA); Gregory M Crosswhite (Seattle, WA); Steven T Flammia (Pasadena, CA)
Assignee: University of Washington Through its Center for Commercialization
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Patent No.
US 8,513,647
App. No.
13/083,363
Granted
Aug 20, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

A quantum computational (QC) device includes a multi-qubit (MQ) structure and another MQ structure coupled to the MQ structure. The MQ structure is arranged to provide an adiabatic quantum computation by application of an initial Hamiltonian operator. The other MQ structure is arranged to provide another adiabatic quantum computation by application of another Hamiltonian operator that is spatially different than the initial Hamiltonian operator.

Claims (21)

1. A quantum computational (QC) device that includes a first multi-qubit (MQ) structure and a second MQ structure coupled to the first MQ structure, the first MQ structure being arranged to provide an adiabatic quantum computation by application of an initial Hamiltonian operator, and the second MQ structure being arranged to provide another adiabatic quantum computation by application of another Hamiltonian operator that is spatially different than the initial Hamiltonian operator, wherein a first sub quantum computational circuit corresponds to the first MQ structure, and a second sub quantum computational circuit corresponds to the second MQ structure.

2. The QC device of claim 1 , wherein the first MQ structure and the second MQ structure each include a plurality of individual qubits.

3. The QC device of claim 2 , wherein the individual qubits include at least one of a charge-based, phase-based, or flux-based superconducting qubit.

4. The QC device of claim 2 , wherein the individual qubits include a quantum-dot-based qubit.

5. The QC device of claim 2 , wherein the individual qubits include at least one of an electron-spin-based qubit or a nuclear-spin-based qubit.

6. A method for operating the QC device of claim 1 , comprising performing the adiabatic computation at the first MQ structure without performing the other adiabatic computation at the second MQ structure.

7. A method for manufacturing the QC device of claim 1 , comprising designing a quantum computational circuit corresponding to the QC device, the quantum computational circuit including:

the first sub quantum computational circuit corresponding to the first MQ structure; and

a second sub quantum computational circuit corresponding to the second MQ structure.

8. A quantum computational circuit, comprising:

a multi-qubit (MQ) structure and at least one other MQ structure that is coupled to the MQ structure, wherein the MQ structure corresponds to a quantum computational sub circuit and the other MQ structure corresponds to at least one other quantum computational sub circuit; and

at least one component that is configured to perform an adiabatic quantum computation by applying a Hamiltonian operator H 1 to the MQ structure without applying the Hamiltonian operator H 1 to the other MQ structure.

9. The quantum computational circuit of claim 8 , wherein each of the MQ structure and the other MQ structure include a plurality of individual qubits.

10. The quantum computational circuit of claim 8 , wherein the Hamiltonian operator H 1 is applied via an electric or magnetic field.

11. The quantum computational circuit of claim 8 , wherein the Hamiltonian operator H 1 is applied by controlling interactions within the MQ structure.

12. The quantum computational circuit of claim 8 , further comprising yet another MQ structure that corresponds to yet another quantum computational sub circuit.

13. The quantum computational circuit of claim 8 , wherein applying Hamiltonian operator H 1 or another Hamiltonian operator H 2 to the MQ structure can prepare one of two different quantum states.

14. A method for providing a quantum computational circuit, the method comprising:

providing a multi-qubit (MQ) structure and at least one other MQ structure that is coupled to the MQ structure, wherein the MQ structure corresponds to a quantum computational sub circuit and the other MQ structure corresponds to at least one other quantum computational sub circuit; and

providing at least one component that is configured to perform an adabiatic quantum computation by applying a Hamiltonian operator to the MQ structure without applying the Hamiltonian operator to the other MQ structure.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein providing the MQ structure and the other MQ structure includes modularizing the quantum computational circuit into the sub circuit and the other sub circuit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2011
From: BACON, DAVE M.; CROSSWHITE, GREGORY M.; FLAMMIA, STEVEN T.
To: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
Reel/Frame 026513/0153 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded May 19, 2011
From: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
To: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 026304/0987 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61322454 · Apr 9, 2010
Provisional Application 61473424 · Apr 8, 2011