Quantum tomography of Rydberg atom graphs by configurable ancillas

Abstract

Tomographic reconstruction of the many-body quantum state of a scalable qubit system is of paramount importance in quantum computing technologies. However, conventional approaches which use tomographically orthogonal base measurements require precise and individual qubit controls which are often experimentally daunting. Here, we propose, as a quantum-mechanically robust alternative, to use configurable ancillas of which the continuously-tunable interactions can generate independent base measurements tomographically sufficient for the quantum state reconstruction of the system of interest. Experimental tests are performed for Rydberg atom arrays in $N$-body $W$ states, of which the results demonstrate reliable high-fidelity full quantum state reconstruction of the proposed method.