Time-optimal quantum gates with bang-bang control in multilevel systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.16702v1
• Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:20:52 GMT
• Title: Time-optimal quantum gates with bang-bang control in multilevel systems
• Abstract summary: We determine the optimal quantum manipulation protocols for implementing high-fidelity, fast single-qubit gates.<n>We show that the time-optimal pulse sequence is a bang-bang'' sequence of discrete pulses of either positive or negative maximum amplitude or zero.<n>Open-system simulations demonstrate that these sequences outperform commensurate and resonant pulse schemes across different fluxonium regimes.
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• Abstract: We determine the optimal quantum manipulation protocols for implementing high-fidelity, fast single-qubit gates. We demonstrate that the time-optimal pulse sequence is a ``bang-bang'' sequence: discrete pulses of either positive or negative maximum amplitude or zero. The non-adiabatic bang-bang pulse sequence minimizes gate duration providing a speedup for low-frequency architectures. We first derive the protocol for a transversally driven two-level system, extracting exact analytic expressions for minimum gate times. We then extend this framework to general multilevel architectures, identifying conditions that enable the coherent suppression of leakage errors. Using the fluxonium circuit as a representative case study, we optimize $X/2$ and $Y/2$ gates through a combination of discrete bang sequences and continuous waveform smoothing. This approach preserves near-optimal execution speeds while mitigating transitions outside the computational subspace. Open-system simulations demonstrate that these sequences outperform commensurate and resonant pulse schemes across different fluxonium regimes, achieving low-error manipulation significantly faster than standard resonant control, even in the presence of $1/f$ flux noise and dissipation.

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