title: Robust preparation and manipulation of protected qubits using time-varying Hamiltonians.
abstract: We show that it is possible to initialize and manipulate in a deterministic manner protected qubits using time-varying Hamiltonians. Taking advantage of the symmetries of the system, we predict the effect of the noise during the initialization and manipulation. These predictions are in good agreement with numerical simulations. Our study shows that the topological protection remains efficient under realistic experimental conditions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, CNRS UMR 7162, Université Paris Diderot, 75013 Paris, France. thomas.coudreau@univ-paris-diderot.fr
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coudreau
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Douçot
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dubessy
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andreoli
authors.forename: Perola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milman