Mechanical degrees of freedom are natural candidates for continuous-variable quantum
information processing and bosonic quantum simulations. However, these applications …

Cat qubits, for which logical| 0⟩ and| 1⟩ are coherent states|±α⟩ of a harmonic mode, offer
a promising route towards quantum error correction. Using dissipation to our advantage so …

Linear bosonic modes offer a hardware-efficient alternative for quantum information
processing but require access to some nonlinearity for universal control. The lack of …

Kerr parametric oscillators (KPOs) can stabilize the superpositions of coherent states, which
can be utilized as qubits, and are promising candidates for realizing hardware-efficient …

Parametric gates and processes engineered from the perspective of the static effective
Hamiltonian of a driven system are central to quantum technology. However, the …

The Kerr-cat qubit is a bosonic qubit in which multi-photon Schrodinger cat states are
stabilized by applying a two-photon drive to an oscillator with a Kerr nonlinearity. The …

We report the spectroscopic characterization of a Kerr parametric oscillator (KPO) based on
the measurement of its reflection coefficient under a two-photon drive induced by flux …

Bosonic systems, which have large internal degrees of freedom, offer the potential to create
quantum bits with error detection and error correction capabilities. This property is …

Bosonic codes offer a hardware-efficient strategy for quantum error correction by
redundantly encoding quantum information in the large Hilbert space of a harmonic …

In quantum information processing, two primary research directions have emerged: one
based on discrete variables (DV) and the other on the structure of quantum states in a …