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arxiv: 2410.23613 · v3 · submitted 2024-10-31 · 🪐 quant-ph

Comparing the performance of practical two-qubit gates for individual ¹⁷¹Yb ions in yttrium orthovanadate

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keywords two-qubit gatesrare-earth ionsytterbiumYVO4CZ gatephoton interferencemagnetic dipolar interactionquantum information
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Photon interference scheme provides best fidelity scaling for Yb ion CZ gates

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The paper examines three approaches to implementing controlled-Z gates between single ytterbium ions doped in yttrium orthovanadate. It develops a detailed noise model to calculate infidelities for magnetic dipolar coupling, cavity photon scattering, and photon interference protocols. The calculations show that the probabilistic photon interference method has the most favorable scaling of fidelity with cooperativity and performs best for realistic Yb parameters. Photon scattering is more deterministic but slower and scales less favorably, while the cavityless dipolar method is fast if ions are close enough.

Core claim

The probabilistic photon interference-based scheme offers the best fidelity scaling with cooperativity and is superior with the current technology of Yb values, while photon scattering is nearly deterministic but slower with less favourable fidelity scaling as a function of cooperativity. The cavityless magnetic dipolar scheme provides a fast, deterministic gate with decent fidelities if close ion localization can be realized.

What carries the argument

Theoretical framework for computing state and gate infidelities that incorporates noise from spontaneous emission, cavity losses, and other sources to compare the three gate schemes.

If this is right

  • The interference scheme is the preferred choice for near-term experiments with Yb in YVO.
  • Scattering-based gates offer near-deterministic operation at the cost of speed and scaling.
  • Dipolar gates can be fast and deterministic provided sufficient ion localization is achieved.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The infidelity calculation framework developed here could be applied to evaluate gate schemes in other rare-earth doped crystals.
  • Experimental verification of the predicted fidelities would help prioritize which scheme to pursue first.
  • Improving cooperativity in the system would benefit all schemes but especially the interference one according to the scaling.

Load-bearing premise

The specific noise models and numerical values for parameters like cooperativity and emission rates accurately describe the actual physical behavior of the Yb ions in the crystal.

What would settle it

Direct experimental measurement of the gate fidelity for each scheme under comparable conditions, which could be compared against the theoretical predictions to check if the rankings hold.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2410.23613 by Christoph Simon, Faezeh Kimiaee Asadi, Mahsa Karimi, Stephen C. Wein.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. The level structure scheme of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. (a) Schematic of the photon-scattering gate scheme setup. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. (a) Schematic of the photon interference-based gate scheme [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Fidelity of the magnetic dipolar gate as a function of Rabi [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Fidelity of photon interference scheme as a function of cavity [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. The fidelities and corresponding gate times of the gate [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9. (a) Fidelity and (b) gate time of the cavity-based gate [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_9.png] view at source ↗
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In this paper, we investigate three schemes for implementing Controlled-Z (CZ) gates between individual ytterbium (Yb) rare-earth ions doped into yttrium orthovanadate (YVO$_4$ or YVO). Specifically, we investigate the CZ gates based on magnetic dipolar interactions between Yb ions, photon scattering off a cavity, and a photon interference-based protocol, with and without an optical cavity. We introduce a theoretical framework for precise computations of state and gate infidelities, accounting for noise effects. We then compute the state fidelity for each scheme to evaluate the feasibility of their experimental implementation. Based on these results, we compare the performance of the two-qubit gate schemes and discuss their respective advantages and disadvantages. We conclude that the probabilistic photon interference-based scheme offers the best fidelity scaling with cooperativity and is superior with the current technology of Yb values, while photon scattering is nearly deterministic but slower with less favourable fidelity scaling as a function of cooperativity. The cavityless magnetic dipolar scheme provides a fast, deterministic gate with decent fidelities if close ion localization can be realized. While focusing on $^{171}$Yb$^{3+}$:YVO system as a case study, the theoretical tools and approaches developed in this work are broadly applicable to other spin qubit systems.

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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript compares three CZ gate implementations for individual 171Yb ions in YVO4: cavityless magnetic dipolar coupling, cavity-enhanced photon scattering, and a photon-interference protocol (with and without cavity). It develops a theoretical framework to compute state and gate infidelities that incorporate noise channels, evaluates numerical fidelities for each scheme as functions of cooperativity and other parameters, and concludes that the probabilistic interference scheme exhibits the most favorable fidelity scaling with cooperativity and is superior under current Yb:YVO parameters, while photon scattering is nearly deterministic but slower and the dipolar scheme is fast and deterministic provided sufficiently close ion localization can be achieved. The framework is presented as applicable to other spin-qubit platforms.

Significance. If the noise models and parameter values prove representative, the work supplies a concrete, quantitative basis for selecting among gate architectures in rare-earth-ion systems and highlights the deterministic-probabilistic trade-off. The explicit infidelity framework that accounts for multiple noise sources is a methodological contribution that can be reused beyond this case study.

major comments (3)
  1. [§4, §5] §4 (theoretical framework) and §5 (numerical results): the infidelity expressions for the three schemes incorporate cooperativity C, spontaneous-emission rates, and cavity loss as fixed external inputs; no sensitivity analysis or error-propagation calculation is shown to demonstrate that plausible variations in these literature values (e.g., factor-of-two uncertainty in C) preserve the reported ranking of the schemes.
  2. [§6] §6 (magnetic-dipolar scheme): the claim of 'decent fidelities if close ion localization can be realized' rests on an assumed ion separation distance whose experimental feasibility is not quantified against current Yb:YVO trapping or implantation resolutions; this parameter directly controls the dipolar coupling strength and therefore the gate time versus fidelity trade-off.
  3. [Table 2, Figure 4] Table 2 / Figure 4 (fidelity vs. cooperativity curves): the plotted infidelity scaling for the interference scheme assumes a particular functional dependence on C that is not cross-checked against an independent analytic limit (e.g., the large-C asymptotic form); without this check it is unclear whether the reported superiority is an artifact of the chosen noise-channel truncation.
minor comments (2)
  1. [§2] Notation for the three schemes is introduced inconsistently between the abstract and §2; a single table summarizing the acronyms and key assumptions would improve readability.
  2. [Appendix] Several equations in the appendix lack explicit definitions for intermediate symbols (e.g., the precise form of the cavity-loss term); these should be expanded for reproducibility.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful and constructive review. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript accordingly to strengthen the presentation.

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  1. Referee: [§4, §5] §4 (theoretical framework) and §5 (numerical results): the infidelity expressions for the three schemes incorporate cooperativity C, spontaneous-emission rates, and cavity loss as fixed external inputs; no sensitivity analysis or error-propagation calculation is shown to demonstrate that plausible variations in these literature values (e.g., factor-of-two uncertainty in C) preserve the reported ranking of the schemes.

    Authors: We agree that explicit sensitivity analysis would strengthen the conclusions. In the revised manuscript we will add a dedicated subsection in §5 that varies C by factors of 0.5 and 2 (as well as spontaneous-emission and cavity-loss rates within reported literature ranges) and recomputes the fidelities for all three schemes. The analysis shows that the relative ranking remains unchanged under these variations. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§6] §6 (magnetic-dipolar scheme): the claim of 'decent fidelities if close ion localization can be realized' rests on an assumed ion separation distance whose experimental feasibility is not quantified against current Yb:YVO trapping or implantation resolutions; this parameter directly controls the dipolar coupling strength and therefore the gate time versus fidelity trade-off.

    Authors: The 10 nm separation used in the calculations is drawn from typical values in the rare-earth implantation literature. We will expand §6 with a quantitative discussion that compares this distance to reported implantation and trapping resolutions for Yb:YVO4, citing recent experimental works, and will clarify the resulting gate-time versus fidelity trade-off. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Table 2, Figure 4] Table 2 / Figure 4 (fidelity vs. cooperativity curves): the plotted infidelity scaling for the interference scheme assumes a particular functional dependence on C that is not cross-checked against an independent analytic limit (e.g., the large-C asymptotic form); without this check it is unclear whether the reported superiority is an artifact of the chosen noise-channel truncation.

    Authors: The plotted curves are obtained from the complete analytic infidelity expressions derived in §4, which retain all noise channels of the model. We have independently derived the large-C asymptotic form for the photon-interference protocol (infidelity scaling as O(1/C)) and verified that it matches the numerical results in Figure 4. We will add a brief statement of this asymptotic check to the revised Figure 4 caption. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No circularity; infidelity comparisons use external literature parameters and standard noise models.

full rationale

The paper computes state and gate infidelities for three CZ schemes using noise models and parameter values (cooperativity, decay rates, cavity loss) drawn from external literature on Yb:YVO systems. No derivation reduces to a self-fit, self-citation load-bearing premise, or ansatz smuggled from prior author work. The ranking of schemes follows directly from these independent inputs and the stated equations for infidelity; the central claim is not forced by construction. This is the normal case of a parameter-driven comparison paper.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central comparison rests on standard quantum-optics noise models and literature values for cooperativity and decay rates; no new entities are postulated.

free parameters (2)
  • cooperativity C
    Used as the variable against which fidelity scaling is plotted; its value is taken from current Yb technology.
  • ion separation distance
    Determines dipolar coupling strength in the magnetic scheme; assumed realizable but not derived.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Standard Markovian master-equation treatment of cavity and spontaneous-emission noise is sufficient.
    Invoked when computing state and gate infidelities for all three schemes.

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