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Optimizing the frequency positioning of tunable couplers in a circuit QED processor to mitigate spectator effects on quantum operations

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Flux-tunable couplers positioned at specific frequencies null residual ZZ and exchange couplings to reduce spectator effects on gates and readout, though not simultaneously.

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The paper shows that flux-tunable couplers in a superconducting processor can be frequency-optimized to minimize how spectator transmons disturb operations on target qubits. High-fidelity controlled-Z gates are demonstrated using only unipolar pulsing on the coupler, and the coupler can null both residual ZZ coupling and exchange couplings in the one- and two-excitation manifolds. Because these null points do not coincide, the work maps the resulting tradeoffs through targeted experiments on single-qubit gates, two-qubit gates, readout, and repeated parity measurements.

Core claim

By adapting a transmon-like tunable-coupling element and optimizing its frequency, residual ZZ coupling as well as exchange couplings in the one- and two-excitation manifolds can be nulled, mitigating spectator effects on single-qubit gates, two-qubit gates, and readout, although the nulling conditions cannot be satisfied at the same time.

What carries the argument

The flux-tunable coupler, whose frequency is set to control and null specific coherent interactions between transmons.

Load-bearing premise

The coupler frequencies and pulsing scheme chosen in the three-qubit testbed will continue to suppress spectator errors without new dominant channels appearing when more qubits and couplers are added.

What would settle it

A scaling experiment in which the same optimized coupler frequencies produce rising error rates on target operations once additional qubits introduce interactions not captured in the three-qubit device.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2503.13225 by A. Lawrence, F. Brulleman, L. DiCarlo, M. A. Rol, S. L. M. van der Meer, S. Vall\'es-Sanclemente, T. H. F. Vroomans, T. R. van Abswoude, T. Stavenga, V. Singh, Y. Xin.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Single-qubit gate performance as a function of tunable cou [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Study of spectator effects during repeated parity checks. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_4.png] view at source ↗
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We experimentally optimize the frequency of flux-tunable couplers in a superconducting quantum processor to minimize the impact of spectator transmons during quantum operations (single-qubit gates, two-qubit gates and readout) on other transmons. We adapt a popular transmon-like tunable-coupling element, achieving high-fidelity, low-leakage controlled-$Z$ gates with unipolar, fast-adiabatic pulsing only on the coupler. We demonstrate the ability of the tunable coupler to null residual $ZZ$ coupling as well as exchange couplings in the one- and two-excitation manifolds. However, the nulling of these coherent interactions is not simultaneous, prompting the exploration of tradeoffs. We present experiments pinpointing spectator effects on specific quantum operations. We also study the combined effect on the three types of operations using repeated quantum parity measurements.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript experimentally optimizes the frequency positioning of flux-tunable couplers in a superconducting circuit QED processor to mitigate spectator transmon effects during single-qubit gates, two-qubit CZ gates, and readout. Using a three-qubit testbed, the authors adapt a tunable-coupling element to achieve high-fidelity CZ gates via unipolar fast-adiabatic pulsing on the coupler alone; they demonstrate the ability to null residual ZZ coupling as well as exchange couplings in the one- and two-excitation manifolds (though not simultaneously), explore the resulting tradeoffs, and test combined impacts via repeated parity measurements.

Significance. If the reported nulling and tradeoff results hold under the stated conditions, the work supplies concrete experimental evidence for a practical frequency-based strategy to suppress spectator-induced coherent errors, which is relevant for improving gate and readout fidelity in scaled processors. The use of a simple unipolar pulsing scheme and the explicit mapping of effects onto specific operations constitute useful contributions; the experimental character of the demonstrations (nulling measurements and parity tests) is a strength.

major comments (1)
  1. [three-qubit experimental results and scalability discussion] The central claim concerns mitigation of spectator effects 'in a circuit QED processor,' yet all data, optimizations, and the combined parity-measurement test are confined to a three-qubit device. No modeling, simulation, or additional measurements are supplied to show that the same static frequency offsets continue to suppress ZZ and exchange terms when a fourth qubit is introduced through a second tunable coupler, nor that the chosen tradeoff point does not activate new leakage or dephasing channels. This assumption is load-bearing for the broader applicability asserted in the abstract and introduction.

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We thank the referee for the positive evaluation of the work's significance and for the detailed feedback. We address the major comment below.

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  1. Referee: The central claim concerns mitigation of spectator effects 'in a circuit QED processor,' yet all data, optimizations, and the combined parity-measurement test are confined to a three-qubit device. No modeling, simulation, or additional measurements are supplied to show that the same static frequency offsets continue to suppress ZZ and exchange terms when a fourth qubit is introduced through a second tunable coupler, nor that the chosen tradeoff point does not activate new leakage or dephasing channels. This assumption is load-bearing for the broader applicability asserted in the abstract and introduction.

    Authors: We agree that all presented data and optimizations are from a three-qubit testbed and that no modeling or simulations for a four-qubit extension (with an additional tunable coupler) are included. The manuscript uses this device to demonstrate the frequency-positioning approach and the resulting tradeoffs for the listed operations. We will revise the abstract and introduction to state explicitly that the results constitute a three-qubit demonstration and to qualify statements about applicability to scaled processors as a suggested strategy rather than a verified result. A short paragraph will be added to the conclusions discussing the need for further characterization when additional couplers and qubits are present. These changes are textual only. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No circularity: experimental optimization with no derivation chain

full rationale

The paper describes experimental optimization of flux-tunable coupler frequencies on a three-qubit superconducting processor to minimize spectator effects on gates and readout. All claims rest on direct measurements of residual ZZ and exchange couplings under different frequency settings and pulsing schemes. No equations, predictions, or uniqueness theorems are invoked that reduce to fitted parameters, self-citations, or ansatzes; the work contains no derivation chain at all. The scalability concern raised by the skeptic is an external-validity issue, not a circularity issue.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The work is purely experimental optimization with no theoretical derivation. No free parameters are introduced in the sense of model fitting; the coupler frequencies are experimentally tuned. No new entities are postulated.

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