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This article demonstrates a fully on‑chip dissipation scheme that can reset superconducting transmons in roughly 50 ns while keeping residual excitations below one percent, a speed and fidelity level that directly benefits the rapid measurement–feedback loops required for quantum error correction. By embedding resistive loads in dedicated resonators, the approach sidesteps thermal noise from external wiring and offers intrinsic Purcell protection, making it far more scalable than earlier reset methods that relied on bulky cryogenic attenuators or active microwave drives. If integrated into larger processors, such fast, passive reset could shrink QEC cycle times and reduce leakage‑induced logical errors without adding significant hardware overhead.
— Mark Eatherly
Summary
Rapid and high-fidelity qubit reset is essential for quantum state initialization and quantum error correction. Conventional reset protocols for superconducting qubits often rely on dissipative elements connected to external circuitry, exposing qubits to thermal noise from higher-temperature environments. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a scalable approach to qubit reset and leakage removal over multiple transmon qubits using dedicated dissipation units comprising resonators coupled to on-chip resistive loads. This architecture provides Purcell protection while isolating the qubits from warmer external circuitry. We achieve a median reset time constant of approximately 48 ns for the $|g\rangle-|e\rangle$ transition, with an effective bath temperature of 30 mK. A 400-ns reset pulse yields residual excited-state populations of $0.29\%$ and $0.67\%$ for qubits initialized in $|g\rangle$ and $|e\rangle$, respectively. We further demonstrate efficient leakage removal from the $|f\rangle$ state, reducing its residual population to $0.51\%$. These results establish a simple, reproducible, and easy-to-integrate approach to dissipation engineering in superconducting quantum processors.