Distinguishing types of correlated errors in superconducting qubits

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.16494v1
• Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:21:34 GMT
• Title: Distinguishing types of correlated errors in superconducting qubits
• Abstract summary: Radiation from cosmic and terrestrial sources can increase the quasiparticle density in a superconducting qubit device.<n>Mechanical vibrations, such as those induced by the pulse tube in a dry dilution refrigerator, are also a known source of correlated errors.<n>We present a method for distinguishing these two types of errors by their temporal, spatial, and frequency domain features.
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• Abstract: Errors in superconducting qubits that are correlated in time and space can pose problems for quantum error correction codes. Radiation from cosmic and terrestrial sources can increase the quasiparticle (QP) density in a superconducting qubit device, resulting in an increased rate of QPs tunneling across proximal Josephson junctions (JJs) and causing correlated errors. Mechanical vibrations, such as those induced by the pulse tube in a dry dilution refrigerator, are also a known source of correlated errors. We present a method for distinguishing these two types of errors by their temporal, spatial, and frequency domain features, enabling physically motivated error-mitigation strategies. We also present accelerometer data to study the correlation between dilution refrigerator vibrations and the errors. We measure arrays of transmon qubits where the difference in superconducting gap across the JJ is less than the qubit energy, as well as those where the gap is greater than the qubit energy, which has been shown to mitigate radiation-induced errors. We show that these latter devices are also protected against vibration-induced errors.

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