Pulsed stark tones for collision mitigation

A computer program product that facilitates mitigating cross-resonance collision associated with qubits, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions are executable by a processor component to cause the processor component to:

• apply a rotary tone pulse to a qubit during application of a gate, wherein a frequency associated with the qubit is stark shifted based on a stark tone pulse, and wherein the qubit is a target qubit, a control qubit, or a spectator qubit;
• and
• apply a cross-resonance tone pulse to the control qubit during the application of the gate.

A system, comprising:

• a control qubit coupled to a target qubit, wherein a qubit is driven by a rotary tone pulse applied to the qubit during application of a gate, wherein a frequency associated with the qubit is stark shifted based on an off-resonant tone pulse, wherein the qubit is the target qubit, the control qubit, or a spectator qubit coupled to the target qubit or the control qubit;
• and
• wherein the control qubit is driven by a cross-resonance tone pulse during the application of the gate.