Dynamical Decoupling and Dephasing in Interacting Two-Level Systems

• Main Authors: Bylander, Jonas (Contributor), Gustavsson, Simon (Contributor), Oliver, William D. (Contributor), Orlando, Terry Philip (Contributor), Yan, Fei (Contributor), Nakamura, Yasunobu (Author), Yoshihara, Fumiki (Author)
• Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Physical Society, 2012-08-20T12:50:41Z.
• Subjects: Article
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We implement dynamical decoupling techniques to mitigate noise and enhance the lifetime of an entangled state that is formed in a superconducting flux qubit coupled to a microscopic two-level system. By rapidly changing the qubit's transition frequency relative to the two-level system, we realize a refocusing pulse that reduces dephasing due to fluctuations in the transition frequencies, thereby improving the coherence time of the entangled state. The coupling coherence is further enhanced when applying multiple refocusing pulses, in agreement with our 1/f noise model. The results are applicable to any two-qubit system with transverse coupling and they highlight the potential of decoupling techniques for improving two-qubit gate fidelities, an essential prerequisite for implementing fault-tolerant quantum computing.
U.S. Army Research Laboratory (grant no. W911NF-12-1-0036)
National Science Foundation (U.S.) (PHY-1005373)