# US 12,217,131 B2 · Identifying minimum-energy resonance region at Majorana island > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,217,131 B2 - Document ID: US12217131B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/335,624 - Filed: 2023-06-15 - Published: 2024-12-19 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2023-06-15 - Assignees: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Applicants: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Inventors: Parsa Bonderson; David Alexander Aasen; Christina Paulsen Knapp; Roman Bela Bauer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217131B2 ## CPC - G06N 10/20: Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers - G06N 10/40: Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS ## Abstract A computing system including a quantum computing device. The quantum computing device includes a Majorana island, a quantum dot (QD), an electrical ground, and a capacitance sensor. The computing system further includes a controller configured to, in each of a plurality of sampling iterations, control the quantum computing device to electrically couple the Majorana island to the electrical ground, disconnect the Majorana island from the electrical ground, electrically couple the Majorana island to the QD, scan over values of a first plunger gate voltage applied to a first plunger gate and a second plunger gate voltage applied to a second plunger gate, and output quantum capacitance measurements. The controller is further configured to receive the quantum capacitance measurements and determine a measured distribution of resonance regions associated with the sampling iterations. The controller is further configured to identify a minimum-energy resonance region and output the minimum-energy resonance region identification. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computing system comprising: a quantum computing device including: a Majorana island at which a plurality of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are instantiated; a quantum dot (QD) configured to be electrically connectable to the Majorana island via an MZM of the plurality of MZMs; an electrical ground; and a capacitance sensor; and a controller configured to: in each of a plurality of sampling iterations, control the quantum computing device to: electrically couple the Majorana island to the electrical ground while a first plunger gate located proximate to the Majorana island is set to an idle voltage; disconnect the Majorana island from the electrical ground; electrically couple the Majorana island to the QD; via the capacitance sensor, scan over a plurality of values of a first plunger gate voltage applied to the first plunger gate and a second plunger gate voltage applied to a second plunger gate located proximate to the QD; and output, to the controller, respective quantum capacitance measurements obtained at the plurality of values of the first plunger gate voltage and the second plunger gate voltage; receive the quantum capacitance measurements; based at least in part on the quantum capacitance measurements, determine a measured distribution of a respective plurality of resonance regions associated with the sampling iterations; based at least in part on the measured distribution, identify a minimum-energy resonance region of the plurality of resonance regions that corresponds to a minimum energy value of the Majorana island; and output the minimum-energy resonance region identification. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the quantum computing device to set the first plunger gate voltage a predetermined first plunger gate voltage during scanning over the plurality of values of the second plunger gate voltage. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computing system of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to control the quantum computing device to identify the resonance regions at a plurality of different first plunger gate voltages over the plurality of sampling iterations. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the resonance regions identified in the sampling iterations correspond to fermion numbers of the Majorana island. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The computing system of claim 4, wherein, prior to a joint parity measurement performed at the Majorana island, the controller is further configured to initialize the fermion number of the Majorana island. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The computing system of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to initialize the fermion number of the Majorana island at least in part by, in each of one or more initialization iterations performed until the controller identifies a current-iteration resonance region as the minimum-energy resonance region, controlling the quantum computing device to: electrically couple the Majorana island to the electrical ground; disconnect the Majorana island from the electrical ground; and scan over a plurality of current-iteration values of the first plunger gate voltage and the second plunger gate voltage to identify the current-iteration resonance region. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The computing system of claim 5, wherein, subsequently to performing the joint parity measurement, the controller is further configured to perform a quasiparticle poisoning (QPP) detection at least in part by: controlling the quantum computing device to obtain an additional quantum capacitance measurement of the Majorana island; and determining whether QPP has occurred at the Majorana island based at least in part on the additional quantum capacitance measurement and the minimum-energy resonance region identification. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The computing system of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether QPP has occurred at least in part by determining whether resonance occurs at the minimum-energy resonance region. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the capacitance sensor includes a microwave readout circuit configured to output a microwave response signal based at least in part on a quantum capacitance of the Majorana island and the QD. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the Majorana island is a coherent link, a Majorana tetron, or a Majorana hexon. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein: the measured distribution is a thermal distribution; and the minimum-energy resonance region is the resonance region of the plurality of resonance regions that has a highest frequency in the thermal distribution. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the electrical ground is electrically coupled to the Majorana island via the QD. ### Claim 13 A method for use with a computing system including a quantum computing device and a controller, wherein: the quantum computing device includes: a Majorana island at which a plurality of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are instantiated; a quantum dot (QD) configured to be electrically connectable to the Majorana island via an MZM of the plurality of MZMs; an electrical ground; and a capacitance sensor; and the method comprises: at the quantum computing device, in each of a plurality of sampling iterations: electrically coupling the Majorana island to the electrical ground while a first plunger gate located proximate to the Majorana island is set to an idle voltage; disconnecting the Majorana island from the electrical ground; electrically coupling the Majorana island to the QD; via the capacitance sensor, scanning over a plurality of values of a first plunger gate voltage of a first plunger gate located proximate to the Majorana island and a second plunger gate voltage applied to a second plunger gate located proximate to the QD; and outputting, to the controller, respective quantum capacitance measurements obtained at the plurality of values of the first plunger gate voltage and the second plunger gate voltage; and at the controller: receiving the quantum capacitance measurements; based at least in part on the quantum capacitance measurements, determining a measured distribution of a respective plurality of resonance regions associated with the sampling iterations; based at least in part on the measured distribution, identifying a minimum-energy resonance region of the plurality of resonance regions that corresponds to a minimum energy value of the Majorana island; and outputting the minimum-energy resonance region identification. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising, at the quantum computing device, setting a first plunger gate voltage to a predetermined first plunger gate voltage during scanning over the plurality of values of the second plunger gate voltage. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising identifying the resonance regions at a plurality of different first plunger gate voltages over the plurality of sampling iterations. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the resonance regions associated with the sampling iterations correspond to fermion numbers of the Majorana island. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: initializing the fermion number of the Majorana island at least in part by, in each of one or more initialization iterations performed until a current-iteration resonance region is identified as the minimum-energy resonance region: electrically coupling the Majorana island to the electrical ground; disconnecting the Majorana island from the electrical ground; and scanning over a plurality of current-iteration values of the first plunger gate voltage and the second plunger gate voltage to identify the current-iteration resonance region; and performing a joint parity measurement at the Majorana island subsequently to initializing the fermion number. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising, subsequently to performing the joint parity measurement, performing a quasiparticle poisoning (QPP) detection at least in part by: obtaining an additional quantum capacitance measurement of the Majorana island; and determining whether QPP has occurred at the Majorana island based at least in part on the additional quantum capacitance measurement and the resonance region identification. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the measured distribution is a thermal distribution; and the minimum-energy resonance region is the resonance region of the plurality of resonance regions that has a highest frequency in the thermal distribution. ### Claim 20 A computing system comprising: a quantum computing device including: a Majorana island at which a plurality of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are instantiated; a quantum dot (QD) configured to be electrically connectable to the Majorana island via an MZM of the plurality of MZMs; an electrical ground; and a capacitance sensor; and a controller configured to initialize a fermion number of the Majorana island at least in part by, in each of one or more initialization iterations performed until the controller determines that a current-iteration resonance region is a minimum-energy resonance region of the Majorana island: controlling the quantum computing device to: electrically couple the Majorana island to the electrical ground while a first plunger gate located proximate to the Majorana island is set to an idle voltage; disconnect the Majorana island from the electrical ground; and via the capacitance sensor, scan over a plurality of current-iteration values of a first plunger gate voltage applied to the first plunger gate and a second plunger gate voltage of a second plunger gate located proximate to the QD; and output, to the controller, respective quantum capacitance measurements obtained at the plurality of values of the first plunger gate voltage and the second plunger gate voltage; receiving the quantum capacitance measurements; based at least in part on the quantum capacitance measurements, identifying a current-iteration resonance region; and determining whether the current-iteration resonance region is the minimum-energy resonance region.