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Scalable simultaneous multi-qubit readout with 99.99% single-shot fidelity

Quantum Physics 2010-04-08 v2

Abstract

We describe single-shot readout of a trapped-ion multi-qubit register using space and time-resolved camera detection. For a single qubit we measure 0.9(3)x10^{-4} readout error in 400us exposure time, limited by the qubit's decay lifetime. For a four-qubit register (a "qunybble") we measure an additional error of only 0.1(1)x10^{-4} per qubit, despite the presence of 4% optical cross-talk between neighbouring qubits. A study of the cross-talk indicates that the method would scale with negligible loss of fidelity to ~10000 qubits at a density <~1 qubit/um^2, with a readout time ~1us/qubit.

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@article{arxiv.0906.3304,
  title  = {Scalable simultaneous multi-qubit readout with 99.99% single-shot fidelity},
  author = {A. H. Burrell and D. J. Szwer and S. C. Webster and D. M. Lucas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.3304},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures; simulations added to fig.3, with some further text and figure revisions. Main results unchanged.

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