10 Jul 2024 | C. M. Löschauer, J. Mosca Toba, A. C. Hughes, S. A. King, M. A. Weber, R. Srinivas, R. Matt, R. Nourshargh, D. T. C. Allcock, C. J. Ballance, C. Matthiesen, M. Malinowski, and T. P. Harty
The paper presents a scalable, high-fidelity all-electronic control architecture for trapped-ion qubits, addressing the central challenge of implementing quantum gates at scale. The architecture uses shared current-carrying traces and local tuning electrodes in a microfabricated chip to perform quantum gates with low noise and crosstalk, regardless of device size. Experimental demonstrations include low-noise site-selective single- and two-qubit gates in a seven-zone ion trap, achieving 99.99916(7)% fidelity for single-qubit gates and 99.971(1)% fidelity for two-qubit maximally entangled states. These results validate the approach for scaling to large-scale quantum computers based on electronically controlled trapped-ion qubits. The architecture combines laser-free gates with local electric-field tuning, leveraging chip-integrated electronics for efficient power and I/O use. The method does not require new dedicated structures and can be integrated with established microfabrication processes, making it a promising path for high-performance, integrated, large-scale quantum computing.The paper presents a scalable, high-fidelity all-electronic control architecture for trapped-ion qubits, addressing the central challenge of implementing quantum gates at scale. The architecture uses shared current-carrying traces and local tuning electrodes in a microfabricated chip to perform quantum gates with low noise and crosstalk, regardless of device size. Experimental demonstrations include low-noise site-selective single- and two-qubit gates in a seven-zone ion trap, achieving 99.99916(7)% fidelity for single-qubit gates and 99.971(1)% fidelity for two-qubit maximally entangled states. These results validate the approach for scaling to large-scale quantum computers based on electronically controlled trapped-ion qubits. The architecture combines laser-free gates with local electric-field tuning, leveraging chip-integrated electronics for efficient power and I/O use. The method does not require new dedicated structures and can be integrated with established microfabrication processes, making it a promising path for high-performance, integrated, large-scale quantum computing.