arXiv (Cornell University)
Automatic Qubit Characterization and Gate Optimization with QubiC
April 2021 • Yilun Xu, Gang Huang, J. Balewski, Ravi Naik, Alexis Morvan, Brad Mitchell, Kasra Nowrouzi, David Santiago, Irfan Siddiqi
As the size and complexity of a quantum computer increases, quantum bit (qubit) characterization and gate optimization become complex and time-consuming tasks. Current calibration techniques require complicated and verbose measurements to tune up qubits and gates, which cannot easily expand to the large-scale quantum systems. We develop a concise and automatic calibration protocol to characterize qubits and optimize gates using QubiC, which is an open source FPGA (field-programmable gate array) based control and m…