Optimal post-processing for a generic single-shot qubit readout

Abstract

We analyze three different post-processing methods applied to a single-shot qubit readout: the average-signal (boxcar filter), peak-signal, and maximum-likelihood methods. In contrast to previous work, we account for a stochastic turn-on time $t_i$ associated with the leading edge of a pulse signaling one of the qubit states. This model is relevant to spin-qubit readouts based on spin-to-charge conversion and would be generically reached in the limit of large signal-to-noise ratio $r$ for several other physical systems, including fluorescence-based readouts of ion-trap qubits and nitrogen-vacancy center spins. We derive analytical closed-form expressions for the conditional probability distributions associated with the peak-signal and boxcar filters. For the boxcar filter, we find an asymptotic scaling of the single-shot error rate $\epsilon \sim \ln r/\sqrt{r}$ when $t_i$ is stochastic, in contrast to the result $\epsilon \sim \ln r/r$ for deterministic $t_i$. Consequently, the peak-signal method outperforms the boxcar filter significantly when $t_i$ is stochastic, but is only marginally better for deterministic $t_i$ (a result that is consistent with the widespread use of the boxcar filter for fluorescence-based readouts and the peak-signal for spin-to-charge conversion). We generalize the theoretically optimal maximum-likelihood method to stochastic $t_i$ and show numerically that a stochastic turn-on time $t_i$ will always result in a larger single-shot error rate. Based on this observation, we propose a general strategy to improve the quality of single-shot readouts by forcing $t_i$ to be deterministic.

14 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to Physical Review A

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