Quantum annealing with capacitive-shunted flux qubits

Abstract

Quantum annealing (QA) provides us with a way to solve combinatorial optimization problems. In the previous demonstration of the QA, a superconducting flux qubit (FQ) was used. However, the flux qubits in these demonstrations have a short coherence time such as tens of nano seconds. For the purpose to utilize quantum properties, it is necessary to use another qubit with a better coherence time. Here, we propose to use a capacitive-shunted flux qubit (CSFQ) for the implementation of the QA. The CSFQ has a few order of magnitude better coherence time than the FQ used in the QA. We theoretically show that, although it is difficult to perform the conventional QA with the CSFQ due to the form and strength of the interaction between the CSFQs, a spin-lock based QA can be implemented with the CSFQ even with the current technology. Our results pave the way for the realization of the practical QA that exploits quantum advantage with long-lived qubits.

arXiv comment12 pages, 3 figures (accepted in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics)

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