# Fast Logic with Slow Qubits: Microwave-Activated Controlled-Z Gate on Low-Frequency Fluxoniums

@article{Ficheux2020FastLW,
title={Fast Logic with Slow Qubits: Microwave-Activated Controlled-Z Gate on Low-Frequency Fluxoniums},
author={Quentin Ficheux and Long B. Nguyen and Aaron Somoroff and Haonan Xiong and K. N. Nesterov and Maxim G. Vavilov and Vladimir E Manucharyan},
journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
year={2020}
}
• Published 5 November 2020
• Physics
• arXiv: Quantum Physics
We demonstrate a controlled-Z gate between capacitively coupled fluxonium qubits with transition frequencies $72.3~\textrm{MHz}$ and $136.3~\textrm{MHz}$. The gate is activated by a $61.6~\textrm{ns}$ long pulse at the frequency between non-computational transitions $|10\rangle - |20\rangle$ and $|11\rangle - |21\rangle$, during which the qubits complete only $4$ and $8$ Larmor periods, respectively. The measured gate error of $(8\pm1)\times 10^{-3}$ is limited by decoherence in the non…
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