• Accepted Paper

Twinned dynamical decoupling

Nayden P. Nedev and Nikolay V. Vitanov

Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 15 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/m4dt-9rkf

Abstract

Systematic pulse-area errors limit the fidelity of quantum control across many qubit platforms. We introduce twinned dynamical decoupling (TDD), an analytic family of sequences T2n in which a pulse sequence is paired with its π-phase-shifted twin. This π-phase step cancels common-mode systematic pulse-area errors to all orders on exact resonance. Then the phases of the pulses in each of the constituent twins are determined in such a manner that detuning errors are suppressed to the highest possible order as well. We have derived a simple analytic formula for these phases applicable to arbitrary sequence length. We demonstrate the sequences with superconducting transmon qubits on the IBM Quantum processor ibm{_}torino and the IQM Quantum processor Garnet. The measured population plateaus agree closely with theory and show enhanced robustness compared to the most frequently used dynamical decoupling protocols.

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