Gates are shaped microwave pulses. The pulse shape controls spectral leakage, while small amplitude, detuning, and phase errors set the final state error. Explore both levers below.
Pulse Shape and Leakage
Unit amplitudeSimple DFT
Shape
Pulse Length40 ns
Time domain
Frequency domain
Leakage metric: 0.000Smoother pulses concentrate power near the carrier.
Control Errors
Target = pi/2 around X
Amp error0%
Detuning0.00
Phase0 deg
Infidelity ~ 1.000
Bloch YZ plane
Axis: [1.00, 0.00, 0.00]
P(|1⟩) after gate: 0.500
Target state: +Y axis (ideal pi/2 about X)
Small axis or angle errors accumulate into measurable gate infidelity.