Fragility of gate-error metrics in simulation models of flux-tunable transmon quantum computers
H. Lagemann, D. Willsch, M. Willsch, F. Jin, H. De Raedt, K. Michielsen
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.108.022604 · Physical Review A
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Abstract
Constructing a quantum computer requires immensely precise control over a quantum system. A lack of precision is often quantified by gate-error metrics, such as the average infidelity or the diamond distance. However, usually such gate-error metrics are only considered for individual gates and not the errors that accumulate over consecutive gates. Furthermore, it is not well known how susceptible the metrics are to the assumptions which make up the model. Here we investigate these issues using realistic simulation models of quantum computers with flux-tunable transmons and coupling resonators. Our main findings reveal that (i) gate-error metrics are indeed affected by the many assumptions of the model, (ii) consecutive gate errors do not accumulate linearly, and (iii) gate-error metrics are poor predictors for the performance of consecutive gates. Additionally, we discuss a potential limitation in the scalability of the studied device architecture.
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