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Universal Global Gates for a Fine-Structure Qubit in Strontium-88

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Metastable atomic qubits are a highly promising platform for the realization of quantum computers, owing to their scalability and the possibility of converting leakage errors to erasure errors midcircuit. Here, we demonstrate and characterize a high-fidelity quantum gate set for the metastable fine-structure qubit encoded between the ^{3}P_{0} and ^{3}P_{2} states in bosonic strontium-88. We find single-qubit gate fidelities of 0.993(1), and two-qubit gate fidelities of 0.9945(6) after correcting for losses during the gate operation. Furthermore, we present a novel state-resolved detection scheme for the two fine-structure states that enables high-fidelity detection of qubit loss. Finally, we leverage the existence of a stable ground state outside the qubit subspace to perform midcircuit erasure conversion using fast destructive imaging. Our results establish the strontium fine-structure qubit as a promising candidate for near-term error-corrected quantum computers, offering unique scaling perspectives.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/gj3b-5ngl