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A Microwave Qubit Gate Reaches 97 Nanoseconds

Autler-Townes level engineering produces a reported 99.40 percent CZ fidelity without frequency tuning.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-11-07-015
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Summary

Autler-Townes level engineering produces a reported 99.40 percent CZ fidelity without frequency tuning.

The experiment reshapes qubit nonlinearity with the Autler-Townes effect while leaving the computational subspace and coherence time largely undisturbed. The resulting all-microwave CZ gate ran in 97 nanoseconds at 99.40(9) percent reported fidelity; static decoherence dominated the remaining error.

Why it matters

Autler-Townes level engineering produces a reported 99.40 percent CZ fidelity without frequency tuning.

Limits and context

No additional limitation was separately recorded.

Key claims

  1. Autler-Townes level engineering produces a reported 99.40 percent CZ fidelity without frequency tuning.

    Evidence: source-2026-11-07-017

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2611.07967, original v1arXiv · primary research

Corrections

: Publication note: This November 7 edition was assembled before its scheduled 9:00 AM America/Detroit reveal but is being published late after recovery from a local build interruption. Its original reporting, image-generation times and scheduled publishAt are preserved.