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Improving the speed and fidelity of quantum logic gates is essential to reach quantum advantage with future quantum computers. However, fast logic gates lead to increased leakage errors in superconducting quantum processors based on qubits…

Increasing demand for algorithms that can learn quickly and efficiently has led to a surge of development within the field of artificial intelligence (AI). An important paradigm within AI is reinforcement learning (RL), where agents…

Controlling the charging process of a quantum battery involves strategies to efficiently transfer, store, and retain energy, while mitigating decoherence, energy dissipation, and inefficiencies caused by surrounding interactions. We develop…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 Shadab Zakavati , Shahriar Salimi , Behrouz Arash

For a frequency-tunable two-qubit system, a controlled-Z (CZ) gate can be realized by adiabatically driving the qubit system through an avoided level crossing between an auxiliary state and computational levels. Here, we theoretically…

In this work, we present quantum reinforcement learning (RL) as a solution strategy for process synthesis problems. Building on our prior work, we develop a generalized framework that formally poses process synthesis as a Markov decision…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Austin Braniff , Fengqi You , Yuhe Tian

Quantum optimal control is a promising approach to improve the accuracy of quantum gates, but it relies on complex algorithms to determine the best control settings. CPU or GPU-based approaches often have delays that are too long to be…

For superconducting qubits, microwave pulses drive rotations around the Bloch sphere. The phase of these drives can be used to generate zero-duration arbitrary "virtual" Z-gates which, combined with two $X_{\pi/2}$ gates, can generate any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-06 David C. McKay , Christopher J. Wood , Sarah Sheldon , Jerry M. Chow , Jay M. Gambetta

The performance of quantum processors in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era is severely constrained by environmental noise and other uncertainties. While the recently proposed quantum control robustness landscape (QCRL) offers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Yang He , Zigui Zhang , Zibo Miao

Developing scalable, fault-tolerant atomic quantum processors requires precise control over large arrays of optical beams. This remains a major challenge due to inherent imperfections in classical control hardware, such as inter-channel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Qian Ding , Dirk Englund

In the model of gate-based quantum computation, the qubits are controlled by a sequence of quantum gates. In superconducting qubit systems, these gates can be implemented by voltage pulses. The success of implementing a particular gate can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-04 D. Willsch , M. Nocon , F. Jin , H. De Raedt , K. Michielsen

With the development of experimental quantum technology, quantum control has attracted increasing attention due to the realization of controllable artificial quantum systems. However, because quantum-mechanical systems are often too…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-22 Zhikang Wang

A major current challenge in solid-state quantum computing is to scale qubit arrays to a larger number of qubits. This is hampered by the complexity of the control wiring for the large number of independently tunable interqubit couplings…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-17 David W. Kanaar , J. P. Kestner

In this paper, we examine various software and hardware strategies for implementing high-fidelity controlled-Z gate in the large-scale quantum system by solving the system's Hamiltonian with the Lindblad master equation. First, we show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-09 Dowon Baek , Seong Hyeon Park , Suhwan Choi , Chanwoo Yoo , Seungyong Hahn

I demonstrate the potential of reinforcement learning (RL) to prepare quantum states of strongly periodically driven non-linear single-particle models. The ability of Q-Learning to control systems far away from equilibrium is exhibited by…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-12-18 Marin Bukov

Virtual $Z$ gates have become integral for implementing fast, high-fidelity single-qubit operations. However, virtual $Z$ gates require that the system's two-qubit gates are microwave-activated or normalise the single-qubit $Z$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-18 Christopher K. Long , Crispin H. W. Barnes

High-fidelity and robust quantum gates are essential for quantum information processing, where neutral Rydberg atoms trapped in optical tweezer arrays serving as a versatile platform for the implementation. We propose a rapid adiabatic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-20 Ming Xue , Shijie Xu , Xinwei Li , Xiangliang Li

The stabilization of quantum states is a fundamental problem for realizing various quantum technologies. Measurement-based-feedback strategies have demonstrated powerful performance, and the construction of quantum control signals using…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-10 Chunxiang Song , Yanan Liu , Daoyi Dong , Hidehiro Yonezawa

Safe Reinforcement Learning (RL) is crucial for achieving high performance while ensuring safety in real-world applications. However, the complex interplay of multiple uncertainty sources in real environments poses significant challenges…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Xu Wan , Chao Yang , Cheng Yang , Jie Song , Mingyang Sun

Quantum computers require high fidelity quantum gates. These gates are obtained by routine calibration tasks that eat into the availability of cloud-based devices. Restless circuit execution speeds-up characterization and calibration by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-10 Conrad J. Haupt , Daniel J. Egger