Branch-resolved Pauli-block spectroscopy of residual conditional phase in two-qubit gates

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.10249v3
• Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:46:20 GMT
• Title: Branch-resolved Pauli-block spectroscopy of residual conditional phase in two-qubit gates
• Abstract summary: We introduce branch-resolved Pauli-block spectroscopy to estimate the per-cycle residual ZZ-rotation angle theta_c with its sign.<n>The approach yields a low-overhead, signed per-cycle estimate of residual conditional phase that standard fidelity benchmarks underresolve at leading order.
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• Abstract: Recent progress in quantum physics and quantum technologies is driving quantum computing from the noisy intermediate-scale (NISQ) era toward fault-tolerant operation. High-precision control of two-qubit gates is among the most critical requirements in this transition and hinges on accurate two-qubit calibration. For controlled-phase and CZ-style operations, the residual conditional phase (the nonlocal ZZ-type deviation after local compensation) is weakly resolved at leading order in average infidelity and randomized benchmarking, and repeated Ramsey amplification does not reliably isolate it from ordinary target detuning, SPAM errors, and contrast loss in long sequences. We introduce branch-resolved Pauli-block spectroscopy to estimate the per-cycle residual ZZ-rotation angle theta_c with its sign, from which the controlled-phase residual follows by a fixed convention. The protocol repeats a fixed probe for N cycles, measures the closed Pauli block IX, IY, ZX, and ZY, and forms branch coherences C+ and C- conditioned on the control qubit; theta_c splits the two branch phase slopes in opposite directions, while local target phase beta_c shifts them together. An echoed-cycle variant suppresses removable local terms while preserving the nonlocal contribution. Numerical simulations with injected theta_c, detuning, damping, and SPAM confirm unbiased signed readout where scalar-sector alternatives fail and distinguish opposite-sign errors at equal infidelity. On one superconducting cloud qubit-coupler pair, a pulse-level calibration closed loop shows near-linear injection, preserved branch contrast, and tracking of the native residual conditional phase through one iteration. The approach yields a low-overhead, signed per-cycle estimate of residual conditional phase that standard fidelity benchmarks underresolve at leading order.

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