M5400PLSA Quantum Library Dynamic Pulse Generation

Overview

The M5400PLSA allows quick and easy access to targeted quantum synthesizer and modulation FPGA IP blocks used within PathWave FPGA to create qubit pulses with minimal to no latency with real time-controlled waveform execution optimized to be used with the M3202A hardware platform.

The M5400PLSA software package

This licensed software package for the quantum library includes a quantum M5400PLSA programming API that directly interacts the SD1 3.X driver communication, KS2201A PathWave Test Sync Executive and Quantum FPGA IP library for a user friendly programming environment that can quickly be used for superconducting qubit control and readout applications.

Using the fully integrated software and FPGA Gateware package allows for simplifying your configuration and provides massive savings of development time to integrate and expand to multi qubit systems including multi-chassis configurations for scaling system configurations.

Features

The quantum FPGA IP provides ultra-light weight and scalable components that have a small FPGA footprint that allows for 0ns latency pulse waveform execution and play using precise real-time control through PathWave Test Sync Executive technology known as HVI, hardware virtual instrument. The convenient quantum FPGA IP also provides the ability to phase lock to the M3102A Digitizer through HVI. Using precise real-time control allows for deterministic phase coherent simultaneous waveform selection and triggering of launching arbitrary pulse waveforms with no latency nor requires pre-determined order of waveform playing.

• GaplessAgileAWG - Dual Port Digital synthesizer with programmable memory length to accommodate custom configurations of waveform length for up to 64 waveforms with dynamic length allocation if not all 64 waveforms are defined. Convenient and flexible for qubit pulse generation for readout and control applications.

• DUC - Digital Up Converter for applying amplitude and phase modulation to the waveform synthesizer outputs with the convenience to create real time control of amplitude, phase, offset and frequency to modulated outputs for qubit readout and control applications.

• QuWaveControl used to provide easy control to launch waveforms independently or simultaneously across all channels controlled all through a HVI sequence, host software or PXI trigger hardware interface.  

Table 1-1: Technical Performance Specifications (IP Components)