High fidelity universal set of quantum gates using non-adiabatic rapid passage

Numerical simulation results are presented which suggest that a class of non-adiabatic rapid passage sweeps first realized experimentally in 1991 should be capable of implementing a universal set of quantum gates Gu that operate with high fidelity. The gates constituting Gu are the Hadamard and NOT gates, together with variants of the phase, π/8, and controlled-phase gates. The universality of Gu is established by showing that it can construct the universal set consisting of Hadamard, phase, π/8, and controlled-NOT gates. Sweep parameter values are provided which simulations indicate will produce the different gates in Gu, and for which the gate error probability Pe satisfies: (i) Pe < 10 for the one-qubit gates; and (ii) Pe < 1.27×10 for the modified controlled-phase gate. The sweeps in this class are non-composite and generate controllable quantum interference effects that allow the gates in Gu to operate non-adiabatically while maintaining high fidelity. These interference effects have been observed using NMR, and it has previously been shown how these rapid passage sweeps can be applied to atomic systems using electric fields. Here we show how these sweeps can be applied to both superconducting charge and flux qubit systems. The simulations suggest that the universal set of gates Gu produced by these rapid passage sweeps shows promise as possible elements of a fault-tolerant scheme for quantum computing.