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Title: Demonstration of universal control between non-interacting qubits using the Quantum Zeno effect

Journal Article · · npj Quantum Information

The Zeno effect occurs in quantum systems when a very strong measurement is applied, which can alter the dynamics in non-trivial ways. Despite being dissipative, the dynamics stay coherent within any degenerate subspaces of the measurement. Here we show that such a measurement can turn a single-qubit operation into a two- or multi-qubit entangling gate, even in a non-interacting system. We demonstrate this gate between two effectively non-interacting transmon qubits. Our Zeno gate works by imparting a geometric phase on the system, conditioned on it lying within a particular non-local subspace. These results show how universality can be generated not only by coherent interactions as is typically employed in quantum information platforms, but also by Zeno measurements.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA)
Sponsoring Organization:
Australian Research Council (ARC); Israel Science Foundation (ISF); US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1963895
Journal Information:
npj Quantum Information, Journal Name: npj Quantum Information Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 2056-6387
Publisher:
Nature Partner JournalsCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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