High-fidelity two-qubit gates with transmon qubits using bipolar flux pulses and tunable couplers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04965v1
• Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:43:29 GMT
• Title: High-fidelity two-qubit gates with transmon qubits using bipolar flux pulses and tunable couplers
• Authors: Nikita S. Smirnov, Aleksei R. Matanin, Anton I. Ivanov, Vladimir V. Echeistov, Nikita D. Korshakov, Elizaveta I. Malevannaya, Viktor I. Polozov, Bogdan K. Getmanov, Anastasia A. Solovieva, Daria A. Moskaleva, Elizaveta A. Krivko, Dmitry O. Moskalev, Dmitry A. Mikhalin, Igor S. Korobenko, Denis E. Shirokov, Ilya A. Ryzhikov, Alexander V. Andriyash, Ilya A. Rodionov,
• Abstract summary: Scheme based on superconducting transmon qubits and control pulse delivery protocol.<n>We demonstrate a high-fidelity two-qubit gate with a performance of $99.5%$.<n>We confirm the scalability potential of the proposed scheme on a high-fidelity 4-qubit quantum processor.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: High-fidelity two-qubit gates are essential for scalable quantum computing. We present a scheme based on superconducting transmon qubits and a control pulse delivery protocol that enables arbitrary controlled-phase gates modulated solely by an independent arbitrary waveform generator pulse. We combined a tunable coupler design with bipolar flux-pulsing to demonstrate a high-fidelity gate with a performance of $99.5\%$. Our gates inherit the advantages of both approaches: minimal residual ZZ coupling, built-in echo-like low-frequency noise protection, and time-scale control pulse reproducibility, while remaining easy to calibrate. We optimize the system energy levels to mitigate leakage to the coupler and suppress residual interactions. Numerical simulations of the scheme as three qutrits indicate that an error below $1 \times 10^{-4}$ is achievable. We confirm the scalability potential of the proposed scheme on a high-fidelity 4-qubit quantum processor.

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