Songxin Qu, Tai-Ping Sun, Yun-Jie Wang, Huan-Yu Liu, Cheng Xue, Xiao-Fan Xu, Han Fang, Yang Yang, Yu-Chun Wu, Guo-Ping Guo, Zhao-Yun Chen. Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers). 2026.

Crosstalk poses a significant challenge in quantum computing, particularly when quantum gates are executed in parallel, as qubit frequency resonance can lead to residual coupling and reduced gate fidelity. Current solutions struggle to mitigate both crosstalk and decoherence during parallel two-qubit gate operations on frequency-tunable quantum chips. To address this, we propose a crosstalk-aware mapping and gate scheduling (CAMEL) approach, designed to mitigate crosstalk and suppress decoherence by leveraging the tunable coupler’s physical properties and incorporating a pulse compensation technique. CAMEL operates within a two-step compilation framework: first, a qubit mapping strategy that considers both crosstalk and decoherence; and second, a gate timing scheduling method that prioritizes the execution of the largest possible set of crosstalk-free parallel gates, reducing overall circuit execution time. Evaluation results demonstrate CAMEL’s superior ability to mitigate crosstalk compared to crosstalk-agnostic methods, while successfully suppressing decoherence where other approaches fail. Additionally, CAMEL performs better than dynamic-frequency-aware techniques, particularly in low-complexity hardware environments.

A discussion of CMOS readout technologies for infrared (IR) imaging systems is presented. First, the description of various types of IR detector materials and structures is given. The advances of detector fabrication technology and microelectronics process technology have led to the development of large format array of IR imaging detectors. For such large IR FPAs which is the critical component of the advanced infrared imaging system, general requirement and specifications are described. To support a good interface between the FPA and downstream signal processing stage, both conventional and CMOS readout techniques are presented and discussed. Finally, future development directions including the smart focal plane concept are also introduced.