Estimating the bias of CX gates via character randomized benchmarking
arXiv:2206.00009 · doi:10.1103/PRXQuantum.4.010307
Abstract
Recent work has demonstrated that high-threshold quantum error correction is possible for biased-noise qubits, provided one can implement a controlled-not (CX) gate that preserves the bias. Bias-preserving CX gates have been proposed for several biased-noise qubit platforms, most notably Kerr cats. However, experimentally measuring the noise bias is challenging as it requires accurately estimating certain low-probability Pauli errors in the presence of much larger state preparation and measurement (SPAM) errors. In this paper, we introduce bias randomized benchmarking (BRB) as a technique for measuring bias in quantum gates. BRB, like all RB protocols, is highly accurate and immune to SPAM errors. Our first protocol, CX-dihedral BRB, is a straightforward method to measure the bias of the entire CX-dihedral group. Our second protocol, interleaved bias randomized benchmarking (IBRB), is a generalization of interleaved RB tailored to the experimental constraints biased-noise qubits; this is a more involved procedure that directly targets the bias of the CX gate alone. Our BRB procedures occupy a middle ground between classic RB protocols that only estimate the average fidelity, and tomographic RB protocols that provide more detailed characterization of noise but require more measurements as well as experimental capabilities that are not necessarily available in biased-noise qubits.
arXiv comment8 pages main text, derivations in the appendices
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