System Control

The Zurich Instruments Quantum Computing Control System provides reliable and precise timing synchronization out of the box. But what does reliable synchronization really mean? Here, we show results from two experiments that put the synchronization stability to a hard test. First, we synchronize two SHFQC Qubit Controllers across 52 meters synchronization distance to conduct a photon pitch-and-catch experiment on a real quantum chip. Second, we assess the long-term stability of such long-distance synchronization links for a full 14-day period.

Does your application require multiple AWG channels with precise and stable timing synchronization? In this blog post, we will show how to achieve this with the HDAWG Arbitrary Waveform Generator for setup sizes ranging from few channels up to 144. We demonstrate 3 methods suitable for different use cases.