Towards an open-source framework to perform quantum calibration and characterization

TL;DR

Qibocal is an open-source, modular software framework designed for calibration and characterization of quantum processing units, supporting superconducting qubits and adaptable to various quantum hardware.

Contribution

It introduces a platform-agnostic toolkit that simplifies development, deployment, and distribution of calibration routines for quantum hardware, with features like automatic reporting and live visualization.

Findings

Demonstrated effective calibration routines for superconducting qubits

Showcased automatic report generation and live plotting features

Validated modular approach across different quantum hardware configurations

Abstract

In this proceedings we present Qibocal, an open-source software package for calibration and characterization of quantum processing units (QPUs) based on the Qibo framework. Qibocal is specifically designed for self-hosted QPUs and provides the groundwork to easily develop, deploy and distribute characterization and calibration routines for all levels of hardware abstraction. Qibocal is based on a modular QPU platform agnostic approach and it provides a general purpose toolkit for superconducting qubits with the possibility of extensions to other quantum technologies. After motivating the need for such a module, we explain the program's flow and show examples of actual use for QPU calibration. We also showcase additional features provided by the library including automatic report generation and live plotting.