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Fraxonium: Fractional fluxon states for qudit encoding

Luca Chirolli , Valentina Brosco , Uri Vool , Gianluigi Catelani , Luigi Amico

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keywords superconducting circuitqudit encodingfractional fluxonsfluxoniumJosephson potentialFourier engineeringSTIRAP protocolleakage protection

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The pith

A superconducting circuit generalizes the fluxonium using fractional fluxon states for protected qudit encoding.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces a superconducting circuit that hosts exactly d low-lying states well separated from higher levels, forming a qudit naturally protected against leakage. These states consist of fractional fluxons, termed fraxons, that localize in the minima of a Josephson potential engineered for that purpose. The potential is created by a Fourier engineering technique that combines multiple harmonic elements, each built from a Josephson junction in series with an inductance. The work calculates the spectra for d equals 4 and d equals 5, examines the qutrit in detail, and outlines a STIRAP protocol for gates that exploits the dipole couplings in this system. The result extends the fluxonium concept beyond the qubit to higher-dimensional encodings.

Core claim

The system represents a generalization of the fluxonium and the low-energy states are constituted by fractional fluxon states, that we call fraxons, localized in the minima of a suitably designed Josephson potential. The latter is tailored through a Fourier engineering approach, that employs multi-harmonic Josephson building block elements composed by a Josephson junction and an inductance connected in series.

What carries the argument

Fourier engineering of the Josephson potential using multi-harmonic building blocks, each a Josephson junction in series with an inductance, to create multiple minima that localize the fractional fluxon states.

If this is right

The spectrum of d=4 and d=5 systems exhibits d well-separated low-lying states.
The qutrit case yields dipole matrix elements suitable for coupling to external radiation.
A non-Abelian STIRAP protocol implements single-qutrit gates adapted to the fraxon states.
The platform supplies inherent leakage protection for qudit encoding in superconducting circuits.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

The same engineering method could be extended to other values of d by adjusting the number of harmonics in the potential.
Integration with existing fluxonium fabrication techniques might allow direct experimental tests of the fraxon localization.
Qudit gates based on this separation could reduce the overhead of decomposing higher-dimensional operations into qubits.

Load-bearing premise

A suitably designed Josephson potential can be realized through Fourier engineering with multi-harmonic elements such that d low-lying fractional fluxon states remain well separated from the rest of the spectrum.

What would settle it

Fabricate the proposed circuit and measure its energy spectrum to verify whether precisely d states sit isolated at low energy with the expected localization and spacing properties.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.14586 by Gianluigi Catelani, Luca Chirolli, Luigi Amico, Uri Vool, Valentina Brosco.

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: FIG. 2. (a) Three instances of potential [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: FIG. 3. (a) Schematics of the circuit realizing the Hamiltonian by Eq. (11) and describing a [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_3.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: FIG. 4. (a) Circuit realizing a qutrit. (b) Left panel: Spec [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_4.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: FIG. 5. Comparison between the numerically computed [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_5.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 6.** Figure 6: FIG. 6. Chart of the dipole matrix elements at zero flux [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_6.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 8.** Figure 8: FIG. 8. Possible manipulation scheme inspired by the non [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_8.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 9.** Figure 9: FIG. 9. Comparison of the potential realizing a qutrit, its [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_9.png] view at source ↗

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We propose a superconducting circuit hosting $d$ low-lying states, well separated from the rest of the spectrum, that naturally realizes a qudit system protected from leakage errors. The system represents a generalization of the fluxonium and the low-energy states are constituted by fractional fluxon states, that we call {\it fraxons}, localized in the minima of a suitably designed Josephson potential. The latter is tailored through a Fourier engineering approach, that employs multi-harmonic Josephson building block elements composed by a Josephson junction and an inductance connected in series. We present the spectrum of a $d=4$ and a $d=5$ qudit system and study in detail the qutrit case. We analyze the dipole matrix elements for coupling to radiation and propose a non-Abelian, stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) protocol for single-qutrit gates, that is particularly suited for the present system. The proposed platform opens novel perspectives in circuit engineering and quantum computing beyond the qubit paradigm.

Editorial analysis

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Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

Fraxonium sketches a fluxonium-style circuit for qudits using fractional fluxons in a Fourier-engineered potential, but the realizability of the needed isolation with physical JJ+L elements is the open question.

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The paper's core move is to generalize the fluxonium qubit to d low-lying fractional fluxon states (fraxons) trapped in a multi-minima Josephson potential, then use that for a protected qudit. They give spectra for d=4 and d=5, work out the qutrit case in more detail, compute dipole matrix elements, and sketch a STIRAP gate sequence that avoids leakage. That package is the actual new content: a concrete hardware picture plus a gate protocol matched to the level structure. The spectra and matrix elements are the parts a reader can immediately use or check. The soft spot is the potential engineering. The building blocks are series JJ plus inductance, whose effective potential has Fourier coefficients locked to a single E_J/E_L ratio per element. It is not obvious that any combination of these can produce d equal-depth minima while keeping higher harmonics small enough that the fraxons stay isolated from the rest of the spectrum. If the presented spectra assume an ideal target potential rather than one that is actually reachable with the circuit elements, the leakage-protection claim does not yet follow. The abstract and stress-test note both point in that direction. This is aimed at people already working on circuit QED and qudit encodings. A reader in that subfield can extract the design idea and the gate suggestion even if the numerics need tightening. It is coherent enough on its own terms to deserve a serious referee who can verify the achievable potentials and the resulting spectra with realistic parameters.

Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The paper proposes a superconducting circuit, the fraxonium, that generalizes the fluxonium to realize a qudit with d low-lying fractional fluxon states (fraxons) localized in the minima of a Josephson potential. The potential is engineered via Fourier synthesis using multi-harmonic building blocks consisting of a Josephson junction in series with an inductance. Spectra are presented for d=4 and d=5 qudits, with detailed analysis of the qutrit (d=3) case including dipole matrix elements; a non-Abelian STIRAP protocol is proposed for single-qutrit gates. The central claim is that this architecture provides leakage-protected qudit encoding.

Significance. If the engineered potential can be realized with sufficient isolation of the d fraxon states, the platform would offer a hardware-efficient route to qudits in superconducting circuits with built-in protection against leakage errors, extending circuit QED beyond the qubit paradigm and enabling new gate protocols such as the proposed STIRAP scheme.

major comments (2)

[Abstract and the section describing the Fourier engineering of the Josephson potential] The Fourier engineering approach using JJ+L series elements yields effective potentials whose Fourier coefficients are fixed by the single ratio E_J/E_L per element and are therefore not independently tunable. The spectra presented for d=4 and d=5 (and the detailed qutrit analysis) appear to assume an ideal target potential with d equal-depth minima; it is not shown that the physically attainable coefficients can simultaneously produce the required d minima while suppressing higher harmonics enough to maintain energetic isolation of the fraxon states from the rest of the spectrum. This directly affects the leakage-protection claim.
[The qutrit case and the STIRAP protocol section] No quantitative error analysis or parameter-sensitivity study is supplied for how deviations in the realized E_J/E_L ratios affect the level spacing or the dipole matrix elements used in the STIRAP protocol. Because the isolation of the d low-lying states is load-bearing for the qudit encoding, such an analysis is required to substantiate the proposal.

minor comments (1)

[Abstract] The abstract states that spectra for d=4 and d=5 are presented, but the main text should explicitly state whether these are obtained from the constrained multi-harmonic potentials or from an idealized target potential.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive comments on our manuscript. We address each major point below and will incorporate revisions to strengthen the presentation of the fraxonium architecture.

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Referee: [Abstract and the section describing the Fourier engineering of the Josephson potential] The Fourier engineering approach using JJ+L series elements yields effective potentials whose Fourier coefficients are fixed by the single ratio E_J/E_L per element and are therefore not independently tunable. The spectra presented for d=4 and d=5 (and the detailed qutrit analysis) appear to assume an ideal target potential with d equal-depth minima; it is not shown that the physically attainable coefficients can simultaneously produce the required d minima while suppressing higher harmonics enough to maintain energetic isolation of the fraxon states from the rest of the spectrum. This directly affects the leakage-protection claim.

Authors: We agree that the Fourier coefficients are constrained by the E_J/E_L ratio of each JJ+L element and are not independently tunable. The spectra in the manuscript were generated with specific E_J/E_L choices selected to approximate the target potential with d equal-depth minima. To address the concern directly, we will add an explicit section deriving the attainable Fourier coefficients for these ratios and showing that d minima of equal depth can be realized while higher harmonics remain sufficiently suppressed to preserve energetic isolation of the fraxon states. This will substantiate the leakage-protection claim under the physical constraints of the building blocks. revision: yes
Referee: [The qutrit case and the STIRAP protocol section] No quantitative error analysis or parameter-sensitivity study is supplied for how deviations in the realized E_J/E_L ratios affect the level spacing or the dipole matrix elements used in the STIRAP protocol. Because the isolation of the d low-lying states is load-bearing for the qudit encoding, such an analysis is required to substantiate the proposal.

Authors: We acknowledge that a quantitative sensitivity analysis is necessary to support the robustness of the encoding and the STIRAP protocol. The original manuscript presented the ideal-case spectra and matrix elements to establish the principle. In the revision we will include a dedicated parameter-sensitivity study that quantifies how small deviations in the E_J/E_L ratios shift the level spacings and alter the dipole matrix elements relevant to STIRAP. This will provide concrete bounds on fabrication tolerances and strengthen the feasibility claim for the proposed gates. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: design proposal with independent numerical spectra and protocol analysis

full rationale

The manuscript proposes a circuit architecture for d-level qudits based on fractional fluxon states localized in a Fourier-synthesized Josephson potential. Spectra for d=4 and d=5 (and detailed qutrit analysis) are obtained by direct diagonalization of the proposed Hamiltonian; the STIRAP gate protocol is derived from the computed dipole matrix elements. No load-bearing step equates a prediction to a fitted input, renames a known result, or reduces via self-citation to an unverified ansatz. The realizability assumption (multi-harmonic elements producing the target potential) is stated explicitly and left as an engineering claim rather than derived from the paper's own equations. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained and does not collapse to its inputs by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

The proposal rests on the domain assumption that multi-harmonic Josephson elements can be fabricated to realize an arbitrary Fourier series for the potential; no free parameters or invented entities with independent evidence are stated in the abstract.

axioms (1)

domain assumption Multi-harmonic Josephson building blocks composed of a junction and series inductance can be used to tailor an arbitrary potential shape
Invoked to justify the Fourier engineering step that creates the fraxon minima.

invented entities (1)

fraxons no independent evidence
purpose: Fractional fluxon states localized in the engineered potential minima that form the qudit levels
New label for the low-energy states; no independent experimental evidence supplied in abstract.

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