arXiv (Cornell University)
Detecting Qubit-coupling Faults in Ion-trap Quantum Computers
August 2021 • Andrii Maksymov, Jason Nguyen, V. Chaplin, Yunseong Nam, Igor L. Markov
Ion-trap quantum computers offer a large number of possible qubit couplings, each of which requires individual calibration and can be misconfigured. To enhance the duty cycle of an ion trap, we develop a strategy that diagnoses individual miscalibrated couplings using only log-many tests. This strategy is validated on a commercial ion-trap quantum computer, where we illustrate the process of debugging faulty quantum gates. Our methodology provides a scalable pathway towards fault detections on a larger scale ion-t…