Double-Transmon Coupler: Fast Two-Qubit Gate with No Residual Coupling for Highly Detuned Superconducting Qubits

Abstract

Tunable couplers, which turn on and off the interaction between qubits, have emerged as a key means to achieve low error rates in superconducting quantum computers. Conventional devices using one transmon qubit exhibit unwanted residual coupling, though, especially at the high detuning that is desirable for suppressing crosstalk errors. To solve this critical problem, the author proposes a tunable coupler based on two transmons that satisfies the ideal conditions of no residual coupling and fast two-qubit gate operations at high detuning. This double-transmon coupler is expected to become standard for superconducting architectures by eliminating unwanted coupling during idle time.