Raising the Bar in Error Characterization For Qutrit-Based Quantum Computing, Berkeley Lab Demonstration of Randomized Benchmarking Protocols on Qutrit Processors

Quantum processor unit (Credit: Berkeley Lab and Bleximo Corp) By: Monica Hernandez Contact: monica.hernandez@lbl.gov A team of experimental physicists at the Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) demonstrated an error characterization method — randomized benchmarking (RB) — on a superconducting qutrit quantum processor. Scientists have now tested this widely used error characterization method with qutrits. […]