Quantum simulation of neutrino oscillations with bosonic encoding

Abstract

Superconducting qubits offer a versatile platform for quantum simulation. In this architecture, quantum information can be encoded in the bosonic modes of a microwave cavity, offering an alternative to conventional qubit-based encoding schemes. These cavity bosonic modes can be manipulated using a single ancillary qubit. In this work, we investigate the quantum simulation of two- and three-flavor neutrino oscillations using Fock-basis encoding of a cavity mode. We design pulse sequences for implementing the required unitary operations through selective number-dependent arbitrary phase (SNAP) and displacement gates. Pulse-level control is employed to realize high-fidelity gate operations on the encoded cavity mode. The resulting neutrino oscillation probabilities obtained from quantum simulation exhibit close agreement with the corresponding theoretical predictions, demonstrating the feasibility of cavity-based bosonic encoding schemes for quantum simulation.

8 pages, 4 figures