Beyond squeezing: applications of generalized squeezing in hybrid spin-oscillator quantum information processing

11 Sept 2026, 11:55
20m
Short Talk (15min) Quantum Information & Computing Quantum Computing

Speaker

Kai Shinbrough (University of Oxford)

Description

Squeezing and displacement of a bosonic mode are well-known operations with a wide range of applications in quantum information processing (QIP), from two-qubit gates [1] to precision metrology [2]. Generalized, higher-order spin-dependent squeezing interactions in hybrid spin-oscillator systems have recently come under experimental control [3,4], and represent a novel, rich, and under-explored resource for QIP. Here we discuss one of several applications of these interactions: genuine N-body spin interactions mediated by individually addressed spin-dependent generalized squeezing, which allow for efficient construction of large-scale Toffoli gates and many-body Hamiltonians. We report two strategies to generate N-body gates and their duration in trapped-ions.

[1] R. Srinivas, et al., "High-fidelity laser-free universal control of trapped ion qubits," Nature 597, 209 (2021).
[2] J. Aasi, et al., "Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light," Nat. Photonics 7, 613 (2013).
[3] O. Băzăvan, S. Saner, et al., "Squeezing, trisqueezing, and quadsqueezing in a spin-oscillator system," arXiv:2403.05471 (2024). Accepted to Nat. Phys.
[4] S. Saner, O. Băzăvan, et al., "Generating arbitrary superpositions of nonclassical quantum harmonic oscillator states," arXiv:2409.03482 (2024).

Academic level Postdoctoral researcher

Authors

Dr Christopher J. Ballance (University of Oxford) Mr Donovan J. Webb (University of Oxford) Mr Iver R. Oevergaard (University of Oxford) Kai Shinbrough (University of Oxford) Dr Oana Bazavan (University of Oxford) Dr Raghavendra Srinivas (University of Oxford) Dr Sebastian Saner (University of Oxford)

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