Noise-spectroscopy of multiqubit systems: Determining all their parameters by applying an external classical noise

Imagine that you have several sets of two coupled qubits, but you do not know the parameters of their Hamitonians. How to determine these without resorting to the usual spectroscopy approach to the problem? Based on numerical modeling, we show that all the parameters of a system of two coupled qubits can be determined by applying to it an external classical noise and analyzing the Fourier spectrum of the elements of the system’s density matrix. In particular, the interlevel spacings as well as the strength and sign of the qubit–qubit coupling can be determined this way. Crown Copyright 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.