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Science 7 August 2009:
Vol. 325. no. 5941, pp. 722 - 725
DOI: 10.1126/science.1173440
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Emulation of a Quantum Spin with a Superconducting Phase Qudit

Matthew Neeley,1 Markus Ansmann,1 Radoslaw C. Bialczak,1 Max Hofheinz,1 Erik Lucero,1 Aaron D. O'Connell,1 Daniel Sank,1 Haohua Wang,1 James Wenner,1 Andrew N. Cleland,1 Michael R. Geller,2 John M. Martinis1,*

In quantum information processing, qudits (d-level systems) are an extension of qubits that could speed up certain computing tasks. We demonstrate the operation of a superconducting phase qudit with a number of levels d up to d = 5 and show how to manipulate and measure the qudit state, including simultaneous control of multiple transitions. We used the qudit to emulate the dynamics of single spins with principal quantum number s = 1/2, 1, and 3/2, allowing a measurement of Berry’s phase and the even parity of integer spins (and odd parity of half-integer spins) under 2{pi}-rotation. This extension of the two-level qubit to a multilevel qudit holds promise for more-complex quantum computational architectures and for richer simulations of quantum mechanical systems.

1 Department of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
2 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: martinis{at}physics.ucsb.edu

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