Protection of qubits by nonlinear resonances

TL;DR

This paper investigates how nonlinear resonances in quantized superconducting circuits can be exploited to protect qubits from decoherence by tuning system parameters near stable nonlinear resonance points.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to qubit protection by analyzing classical nonlinear resonances and proposing parameter choices to minimize decoherence effects.

Findings

Spectral fluctuations show intermediate regularity and chaos.

Distribution functions indicate 'mild chaos' in the system.

Proposed criteria for qubit protection based on resonance stability.

Abstract

We show that quantized superconducting circuits are non-integrable at the classical level of description, adorned by nonlinear resonances amidst stochastic sea. The spectral fluctuations of these quasi-integrable systems exhibit intermediate behaviour between regularity and chaos. The distribution function of ratios of adjacent spacings, and, nearest-neighbour spacing distribution functions attest to the occurrence of "mild chaos". Based on these features, we propose criteria for protection of qubits from decoherence which amounts to choosing the parameters of the system in a way that the system resides as close as possible to the elliptic point of the primary nonlinear resonance of the corresponding classical system.