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Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 117905 (2004) [4 pages]

Dynamical Suppression of 1/f Noise Processes in Qubit Systems

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Lara Faoro1,* and Lorenza Viola2,†
1Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Viale Settimio Severo 65, 10133 Torino, Italy
2Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop B256, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA

Received 18 September 2003; published 18 March 2004

We investigate the capability of dynamical decoupling techniques to reduce decoherence from a realistic environment generating 1/f noise. The predominance of low frequency modes in the noise profile allows for decoherence scenarios where relatively slow control rates suffice for a drastic improvement. However, the actual figure of merit is very sensitive to the details of the dynamics, with decoupling performance which may deteriorate for non-Gaussian noise and/or high frequency working points. Our results are promising for robust solid-state qubits and beyond.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.117905
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.117905
PACS:
03.67.Pp, 03.65.Yz, 05.40.Ca, 89.75.Da

*Electronic address: faoro@isiosf.isi.it

Electronic address: lviola@lanl.gov