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- X readout fidelity
- Phase-flip lifetime

The most visible issue is the X readout fidelity, which can be witnessed when measuring SPAM fidelity with a "Prepare $\ket{+}$ - Measure $X$" sequence. Our transmon-free X readout technique was introduced in [our recent Nature paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617), as a first of its kind. It enabled us to reach very long bit-flip lifetimes, but it still lacks optimization. We must however optimize it so it can be used in a phase-flip QEC scheme. This is why:
The most visible issue is the X readout fidelity, which can be witnessed when measuring SPAM fidelity with a "Prepare $\ket{+}$ - Measure $X$" sequence. Our transmon-free X readout technique was introduced in [our recent Nature paper](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07294-3) ([arXiv link](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617)), as a first of its kind. It enabled us to reach very long bit-flip lifetimes, but it still lacks optimization. We must however optimize it so it can be used in a phase-flip QEC scheme. This is why:

- We are currently developing new transmon-free readout techniques that will enable us to reach below threshold operation.
- We may open pulse-level access to a Boson 4 chip to accelerate the discovery of new techniques. [Let us know](../contact_us.md) if you are interested in a collaboration.
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- Doing 1000 shots of a 100-second experiment takes almost 28 hours
- Doing shorter experiments yields too few errors; this requires using more shots and does not make experiments significantly shorter

We are working on adding the “real-time trajectories” protocol described in [this paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.06617.pdf), which enables shorter measurements.
We are working on adding the “real-time trajectories” protocol described in [our latest Nature paper](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07294-3) ([arXiv link](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.06617.pdf)), which enables shorter measurements.

💡 **Note:** if you're used to working with transmons, you know that state decay only happens if you start from the $\ket{1}$ state. With cat qubits, the $\ket{0}$ and $\ket{1}$ states are virtually interchangeable. Experimental differences might remain, but they're mostly due to sampling noise and calibration inaccuracies.

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*Pulse sequence for the MZ measurement gate*

**Calibration:**
In practice, we perform the complementary operation with the opposite displacement $D(-\alpha)$ to subtract eventual drifts in the measurement. Furthermore, since we are only concerned in the two pointer states $\left|0\right\rangle$ and $\left|1\right\rangle$, the distinction between the two can be enhanced using thresholding. Finally, the number of photons is measured through the ''longitudinal readout'' protocol (see [Réglade, Bocquet, ''et.al.'' '''Nature''' (2024)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617) for more details).
In practice, we perform the complementary operation with the opposite displacement $D(-\alpha)$ to subtract eventual drifts in the measurement. Furthermore, since we are only concerned in the two pointer states $\left|0\right\rangle$ and $\left|1\right\rangle$, the distinction between the two can be enhanced using thresholding. Finally, the number of photons is measured through the ''longitudinal readout'' protocol (see [Réglade, Bocquet, ''et.al.'' '''Nature''' (2024)](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07294-3) - or [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617) for more details).

### measure_x

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The chip in this paper is now called "Boson 3".

- arXiv: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617)
- Nature: [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07294-3](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07294-3)
- arXiv (in case you don't have a Nature subscription): [https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617)

## Autoparametric Resonance Extending the Bit-Flip Time of a Cat Qubit up to 0.3 s

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"We will verify cat qubits can be partly protected against this effect.\n",
"\n",
"For this purpose, we will use a model replicating the behavior of the qubit presented in our [seminal Nature paper in 2020](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.11729.pdf).\n",
"For this purpose, we will use a model replicating the behavior of the qubit presented in our [seminal Nature Physics paper in 2020](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.11729.pdf).\n",
"\n",
"While this design from 2019 already perfectly demonstrates our points, we will update this tutorial with a more recent design exhibiting far better performance."
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"We also recommend reading the following papers:\n",
"- To learn about the physics of cat qubits: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-0824-x (also available at https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.11729)\n",
"- To learn about error correction with a repetition code: https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevX.9.041053\n",
"- To learn about a cat qubit chip featuring a 10-second bit-flip lifetime: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617\n",
"- To learn about a cat qubit chip featuring a 10-second bit-flip lifetime: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07294-3 (also available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617)\n",
"- To learn about a fault-tolerant architecture running Shor's algorithm on a 2048-bit integer with only 350k cats qubits: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.06639\n",
"- To learn about how LDPC codes can be used to build 100 logical qubits with only 1500 physical cat qubits: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.09541"
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