Experimental advances with the QICK (Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit) for superconducting quantum hardware

Ding, Chunyang; Di Federico, Martin; Hatridge, Michael; Houck, Andrew; Leger, Sebastien; Martinez, Jeronimo; Miao, Connie; I, David Schuster; Stefanazzi, Leandro; Stoughton, Chris; Sussman, Sara; Treptow, Ken; Uemura, Sho; Wilcer, Neal; Zhang, Helin; Zhou, Chao; Cancelo, Gustavo

doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013305

Title: Experimental advances with the QICK (Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit) for superconducting quantum hardware

Journal Article · 19 March 2024 · Physical Review Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013305 · OSTI ID:2279055

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Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

The Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit (QICK) is a standalone open-source qubit controller that was first introduced in 2022. In this follow-up work, we present recent upgrades to the QICK and the experimental use cases they uniquely enabled for superconducting qubit systems. These include multiplexed signal generation and readout, mixer-free readout, predistorted fast flux pulses, and phase-coherent pulses for parametric operations, including high-fidelity parametric entangling gates. We explain in detail how the QICK was used to enable these experiments.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; SC0012704; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2279055

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2326131

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB--23-783-PPD; arXiv:2311.17171; oai:inspirehep.net:2728030

Journal Information:: Physical Review Research, Journal Name: Physical Review Research Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 2643-1564

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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