QuantumPro: An Integrated Workflow for the Design of Superconducting Qubits Using PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS)
J. H. Choi, Mohamed I. Abdelrahman, Derek Slater, Tom Parker, Philip Krantz, Phil Sohn, Mohamed Awida Hassan, Chris Mueth · 2023
We present current developments in Keysight Pathwave Quantum Technology to analyze superconducting quantum circuits. Particularly, Pathwave ADS and its most recent Electromagnetic (EM) simulation package, QuantumPro, enable investigating nonlinear effects such as cavity quantum electrodynamics and automated computation of the quantum parameters including the qubit anharmonicities and cross-Kerr strengths. Under the low power assumption, superconducting qubits are treated as linear lumped circuit elements in the EM simulation environment. To study the nonlinear regime, Pathwave ADS provides a co-simulation approach that enables combining the linear frequency response from the full-wave EM simulation with the nonlinear circuit analysis in the ADS schematic. To assess the accuracy of Pathwave ADS, we compare the results to the two coupled transmons showcase example from the IBM Quantum Qiskit Metal framework. In addition, we also demonstrate power-dependent nonlinear bending of the frequency response by sweeping the input power into the superconducting circuits in Pathwave ADS.