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Accelerated and robust population transfer in a transmon qutrit via \(\Delta \)-type driving

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We propose an efficient protocol to implement accelerated and robust population transfer in a transmon qutrit via \(\Delta \)-type driving. By means of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage, we first show an adiabatic population transfer in the qutrit under a two-photon resonance. By taking advantage of the weak level anharmonicity of the qutrit, only two drivings are needed to be applied to the qutrit, forming a \(\Delta \)-type interaction. With the Gaussian-shaped Rabi couplings, target population transfer can be accelerated substantially when compared to the adiabatic process. Moreover, we analyze the negligible leakages and distinct fidelity enhancement with the accessible parameters. The present scheme could offer a promising application in experimentally performing population transfer with the transmon-regime quantum circuits.

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This work is supported by the “316” Project Plan of Xuchang University and the Key Research Project in Universities of Henan Province (Grant No. 19A140016).

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    Run-Ying Yan, Fei Yang & Zhi-Bo Feng

  2. College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China

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Yan, RY., Yang, F., Zhang, N. et al. Accelerated and robust population transfer in a transmon qutrit via \(\Delta \)-type driving. Quantum Inf Process 17, 237 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-018-2006-7

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