Bloch-Siegert shift in a hybrid quantum register: Quantification and compensation

Jingfu Zhang, Sagnik Saha, and Dieter Suter
Phys. Rev. A 98, 052354 – Published 29 November 2018

Abstract

Quantum information processing relies on unitary transformations applied to specific qubits. In most cases, these gate operations are driven by alternating electromagnetic fields that are near resonant with specific transitions between eigenstates of the system Hamiltonian. For single-qubit gate operations, they should implement the operation on the target qubit, while all other qubits should be left invariant. It is typically assumed that this goal can be achieved if the amplitude of the control field is small compared to the frequency difference between the field and the transition frequency of the passive qubits. However, in many cases, even qubits whose energy-level differences are very far from the frequency of the applied control field can be affected by nonresonant effects, which are normally nonlinear in the amplitude of the control field. A typical example is the effect known as Bloch-Siegert shift. Unless these shifts are accounted for and, if possible, compensated, they can completely destroy the information contained in the quantum register. Therefore, we study this effect quantitatively in the important example of the nitrogen vacancy center in diamond and demonstrate how it can be eliminated.

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  • Received 7 June 2018
  • Revised 31 October 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.98.052354

©2018 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Quantum Information, Science & Technology

Authors & Affiliations

Jingfu Zhang, Sagnik Saha*, and Dieter Suter

  • Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany

  • *Present address: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741246, India.

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Vol. 98, Iss. 5 — November 2018

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