Accelerated super-robust nonadiabatic holonomic quantum gates

The nonadiabatic holonomic quantum computation based on three-level systems has wide applicability experimentally due to its simpler energy level structure requirement and inherent robustness from the geometric phase. However, in previous conventional schemes, the states of the calculation subspace have always leaked to the noncomputation subspace, resulting in less robustness than anticipated. Recent efforts to address this problem are at the cost of excessively long gate time, which will lead to more decoherence-induced errors. Here, we propose a solution to the problem without the severe limitation of the much longer gate time. Specifically, we implement arbitrary holonomic gates via a three-segment Hamiltonian, where the gate time depends on the rotation angle, and the smaller the rotation angle, the shorter the gate time will be. Compared with the previous solutions, our numerical simulations indicate that the decoherence-induced gate errors of our scheme are greatly decreased and the robustness of our scheme is also better, particularly for small-angle rotation gates. Moreover, we provide a detailed physical realization of our proposal on a two-dimensional superconducting quantum circuit. Therefore, our protocol provides a promising alternative for future fault-tolerant quantum computation.

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This paper proposes a solution for nonadiabatic holonomic quantum computation based on three-level systems. Arbitrary holonomic gates are implemented using a three-segment Hamiltonian, and the gate time is dependent on the rotation angle. The scheme shows improved robustness and is particularly suitable for small-angle rotation gates. The physical realization of the proposal on a two-dimensional superconducting quantum circuit demonstrates its feasibility.