% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Mller:1040323, author = {Müller, Thorge and Stollenwerk, Tobias and Headley, David and Epping, Michael and Wilhelm, Frank K}, title = {{C}oherent and non-unitary errors in {ZZ}-generated gates}, journal = {Quantum science and technology}, volume = {10}, number = {1}, issn = {2058-9565}, address = {Philadelphia, PA}, publisher = {IOP Publishing}, reportid = {FZJ-2025-01837}, pages = {015058 -}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Variational algorithms such as the quantum approximate optimization algorithm have attracted attention due to their potential for solving problems using near-term quantum computers. The ZZ interaction typically generates the primitive two-qubit gate in such algorithms applied for a time, typically a variational parameter, γ. Different compilation techniques exist with respect to the implementation of two-qubit gates. Due to the importance of the ZZ-gate, we present an error analysis comparing the continuous-angle controlled phase gate (CP) against the fixed angle controlled Z-gate (CZ). We analyze both techniques under the influence of coherent over-rotation and depolarizing noise. We show that CP and CZ compilation techniques achieve comparable ZZ-gate fidelities if the incoherent error is below $0.03\%$ and the coherent error is below $0.8\%.$ Thus, we argue that for small coherent and incoherent error a non-parameterized two-qubit gate such as CZ in combination with virtual Z decomposition for single-qubit gates could lead to a significant reduction in the calibration required and, therefore, a less error-prone quantum device. We show that above a coherent error of 0.04π $(2\%),$ the CZ gate fidelity depends significantly on γ.}, cin = {PGI-12}, ddc = {530}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-12-20200716}, pnm = {BMBF 13N16149 - QSolid (BMBF-13N16149) / 5221 - Advanced Solid-State Qubits and Qubit Systems (POF4-522)}, pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)BMBF-13N16149 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5221}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, UT = {WOS:001388382800001}, doi = {10.1088/2058-9565/ad9be2}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1040323}, }