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Proposals for experimentally realizing (mostly) quantum-autonomous gates

by
  • José Guzmán
  • Yu-Xin Wang
  • Tom Manovitz
  • Paul Erker
  • Norbert Linke
  • Simone Gasparinetti
  • Nicole Halpern
2025 arXiv: 2510.07372   (2025)
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Autonomous quantum machines (AQMs) execute tasks without requiring time-dependent external control. Motivations for AQMs include the restrictions imposed by classical control on quantum machines coherence times and geometries. Most AQM work is theoretical and abstract; yet an experiment recently demonstrated AQMs usefulness in qubit reset, crucial to quantum computing. To further reduce quantum computing s classical control, we propose realizations of (fully and partially) quantum-autonomous gates on three platforms: Rydberg atoms, trapped ions, and superconducting qubits. First, we show that a Rydberg-blockade interaction or an ultrafast transition can quantum-autonomously effect entangling gates on Rydberg atoms. One can perform Z or entangling gates on trapped ions mostly quantum-autonomously, by sculpting a linear Paul trap or leveraging a ring trap. Passive lasers control these gates, as well as the Rydberg-atom gates, quantum-autonomously. Finally, circuit quantum electrodynamics can enable quantum-autonomous Z and XY gates on superconducting qubits. The gates can serve as building blocks for (fully or partially) quantum-autonomous circuits, which may reduce classical-control burdens.

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