Shortcut to Adiabatic Two-qubit State Swap in a Superconducting Circuit QED via Effective Drivings

Optimal two-qubit operation is of significance to quantum information processing. An efficient scheme is proposed for realizing the shortcut to adiabatic two-qubit state swap in a superconducting circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) via effective drivings. Two superconducting qutrits are coupled to a common cavity field and individual classical drivings. Based on two Gaussian-type Rabi drivings, two-qubit state swap can be adiabatically implemented within a reduced three-state system. To speed up the operation, these two original Rabi drivings are modified in the framework of shortcuts to adiabaticity, instead of adding an extra counterdiabatic driving. Moreover, owing to a shorter duration time, the decoherence effects on the accelerated quantum operation can be mitigated significantly. The strategy could offer an optimized method to construct fast and robust quantum operations on superconducting qubits experimentally.