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Cosmic-ray-induced correlated errors in superconducting qubit array

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  • Xuegang Li

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • Junhua Wang

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • Yao-Yao Jiang

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Guang-Ming Xue

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
    Hefei National Laboratory)

  • Xiaoxia Cai

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jun Zhou

    (Nanjing Normal University)

  • Ming Gong

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhao-Feng Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Shuang-Yu Zheng

    (Nanjing Normal University)

  • Deng-Ke Ma

    (Nanjing Normal University)

  • Mo Chen

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • Wei-Jie Sun

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • Shuang Yang

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • Fei Yan

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • Yi-Rong Jin

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • S. P. Zhao

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xue-Feng Ding

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Hai-Feng Yu

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
    Hefei National Laboratory)

Abstract

Correlated errors may devastate quantum error corrections that are necessary for the realization of fault-tolerant quantum computation. Recent experiments with superconducting qubits indicate that they can arise from quasiparticle (QP) bursts induced by cosmic-ray muons and γ-rays. Here, we use charge-parity jump and bit flip for monitoring QP bursts and two muon detectors in the dilution refrigerator for detecting muon events. We directly observe QP bursts leading to correlated errors that are induced solely by muons and separate the contributions of muons and γ-rays. We further investigate the dynamical process of QP burst and the impact of QP trapping on correlated errors and particle detection. The proposed method, which monitors multiqubit simultaneous charge-parity jumps, has high sensitivity to QP bursts and may find applications for the detection of cosmic-ray particles, low-mass dark matter, and far-infrared photons.

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  • Xuegang Li & Junhua Wang & Yao-Yao Jiang & Guang-Ming Xue & Xiaoxia Cai & Jun Zhou & Ming Gong & Zhao-Feng Liu & Shuang-Yu Zheng & Deng-Ke Ma & Mo Chen & Wei-Jie Sun & Shuang Yang & Fei Yan & Yi-Rong , 2025. "Cosmic-ray-induced correlated errors in superconducting qubit array," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-59778-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59778-z
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