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Optimized Dynamical Decoupling in a Model Quantum Memory

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Author(s)

Michael J. Biercuk, Hermann Uys, Aaron Vandevender, N. Shiga, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland, John J. Bollinger

Abstract

We demonstrate the efficacy of optimized dynamical decoupling pulse sequences in suppressing phase errors in a model quantum memory. Our experimental system consists of a crystalline array of trapped 9Be+ ions in which we drive a qubit transition at $\sim$124 GHz. We compare the recently developed Uhrig dynamical decoupling (UDD) sequence against multi-pulse spin echo (CPMG) in a variety of experimentally relevant, artificially synthesized noise environments. We develop a treatment to predict qubit decoherence in the presence of finite duration square pi pulses, and find strong agreement between experimental data and theoretical predictions. Finally, we produce locally optimized dynamical decoupling pulse sequences through active experimental feedback - a procedure which does not require any knowledge of the experimental noise environment - and find that these sequences outperform all others under test.
Citation
Science
Volume
458

Keywords

quantum computing, quantum information, quantum memory, dynamical decoupling, spin echo, decoherence, trapped ion

Citation

Biercuk, M. , Uys, H. , Vandevender, A. , Shiga, N. , Itano, W. , Wineland, D. and Bollinger, J. (2009), Optimized Dynamical Decoupling in a Model Quantum Memory, Science, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901161 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created April 23, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017