# new_drag_control¶

qctrlopencontrols.new_drag_control(rabi_rotation: float, segment_count: int, duration: float, width: float, beta: float, azimuthal_angle: float = 0.0, name: Optional[str] = None)qctrlopencontrols.driven_controls.driven_control.DrivenControl[source]

Generates a Gaussian driven control sequence with a first-order DRAG (Derivative Removal by Adiabatic Gate) correction applied.

The addition of DRAG further reduces leakage out of the qubit subspace via an additional off-quadrature corrective driving term proportional to the derivative of the Gaussian pulse.

Parameters
• rabi_rotation (float) – Total Rabi rotation $$\theta$$ to be performed by the driven control.

• segment_count (int) – Number of segments in the control sequence.

• duration (float) – Total duration $$t_g$$ of the control sequence.

• width (float) – Width (standard deviation) $$\sigma$$ of the ideal Gaussian pulse.

• beta (float) – Amplitude scaling $$\beta$$ of the Gaussian derivative.

• azimuthal_angle (float, optional) – The azimuthal angle $$\phi$$ for the rotation. Defaults to 0.

• name (str, optional) – An optional string to name the control. Defaults to None.

Returns

A control sequence as an instance of DrivenControl.

Return type

DrivenControl

Notes

A DRAG-corrected Gaussian driven control 1 applies a Hamiltonian consisting of a piecewise constant approximation to an ideal Gaussian pulse controlling $$\sigma_x$$ while its derivative controls the application of the $$\sigma_y$$ operator:

$H(t) = \frac{1}{2}(\Omega_G(t) \sigma_x + \beta \dot{\Omega}_G(t) \sigma_y)$

where $$\Omega_G(t)$$ is simply given by new_gaussian_control. Optimally, $$\beta = -\frac{\lambda_1^2}{4\Delta_2}$$ where $$\Delta_2$$ is the anharmonicity of the system and $$\lambda_1$$ is the relative strength required to drive a transition $$\lvert 1 \rangle \rightarrow \lvert 2 \rangle$$ vs. $$\lvert 0 \rangle \rightarrow \lvert 1 \rangle$$. Note that this choice of $$\beta$$, sometimes called “simple drag” or “half derivative”, is a first-order version of DRAG, and it excludes an additional detuning corrective term.

References

1

Motzoi, F. et al. Physical Review Letters 103, 110501 (2009).

2

J. M. Gambetta, F. Motzoi, S. T. Merkel, and F. K. Wilhelm, Physical Review A 83, 012308 (2011).