Dans cette thèse, nous développons plusieurs outils pour la Correction d’Erreur Quantique (CEQ) autonome avec les qubits supraconducteurs.Nous proposons un schéma de CEQ autonome qui repose sur la technique du « reservoir engineering », dans lequel trois qubits de type transmon sont couplés à un ou plusieurs modes dissipatifs. Grâce à la mise au point d’une interaction effective entre les systèmes, l’entropie créée par les éventuelles erreurs est évacuée à travers les modes dissipatifs.La deuxième partie de ce travail porte sur un type de code récemment développé, le code des chats, à travers lequel l’information logique est encodée dans le vaste espace de Hilbert d’un oscillateur harmonique. Nous proposons un protocole pour réaliser des mesures continues et non-perturbatrices de la parité du nombre de photons dans une cavité micro-onde, ce qui correspond au syndrome d’erreur pour le code des chats. Enfin, en utilisant les résultats précédents, nous présentons plusieurs protocoles de CEQ continus et/ou autonomes basés sur le code des chats. Ces protocoles offrent une protection robuste contre les canaux d’erreur dominants en présence de dissipation stimulée à plusieurs photons. / In this thesis, we develop several tools in the direction of autonomous Quantum Error Correction (QEC) with superconducting qubits. We design an autonomous QEC scheme based on quantum reservoir engineering, in which transmon qubits are coupled to lossy modes. Through an engineered interaction between these systems, the entropy created by eventual errors is evacuated via the dissipative modes.The second part of this work focus on the recently developed cat codes, through which the logical information is encoded in the large Hilbert space of a harmonic oscillator. We propose a scheme to perform continuous and quantum non-demolition measurements of photon-number parity in a microwave cavity, which corresponds to the error syndrome in the cat code. In our design, we exploit the strongly nonlinear Hamiltonian of a highimpedance Josephson circuit, coupling ahigh-Q cavity storage cavity mode to a low-Q readout one. Last, as a follow up of the above results, we present several continuous and/or autonomous QEC schemes using the cat code. These schemes provide a robust protection against dominant error channels in the presence of multi-photon driven dissipation.

Cette thèse vise à la conception de nouveaux algorithmes rapides en calcul numérique via les matrices de Toeplitz. Tout d'abord, nous avons introduit un algorithme rapide sur le calcul de l'inverse d'une matrice triangulaire de Toeplitz en se basant sur des notions d'interpolation polynomiale. Cet algorithme nécessitant uniquement deux FFT(2n) est manifestement efficace par rapport à ses prédécésseurs. ensuite, nous avons introduit un algorithme rapide pour la résolution d'un système linéaire de Toeplitz bande. Cette approche est basée sur l'extension de la matrice donnée par plusieurs lignes en dessus, de plusieurs colonnes à droite et d'attribuer des zéros et des constantes non nulles dans chacune de ces lignes et de ces colonnes de telle façon que la matrice augmentée à la structure d'une matrice triangulaire inférieure de Toeplitz. La stabilité de l'algorithme a été discutée et son efficacité a été aussi justifiée. Finalement, nous avons abordé la résolution d'un système de Toeplitz bandes par blocs bandes de Toeplitz. Ceci étant primordial pour établir la connexion de nos algorithmes à des applications en restauration d'images, un domaine phare en mathématiques appliquées. / This thesis aims to design new fast algorithms for numerical computation via the Toeplitz matrices. First, we introduced a fast algorithm to compute the inverse of a triangular Toeplitz matrix with real and/or complex numbers based on polynomial interpolation techniques. This algorithm requires only two FFT (2n) is clearly effective compared to predecessors. A numerical accuracy and error analysis is also considered. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of our method. In addition, we introduced a fast algorithm for solving a linear banded Toeplitz system. This new approach is based on extending the given matrix with several rows on the top and several columns on the right and to assign zeros and some nonzero constants in each of these rows and columns in such a way that the augmented matrix has a lower triangular Toeplitz structure. Stability of the algorithm is discussed and its performance is showed by numerical experiments. This is essential to connect our algorithms to applications such as image restoration applications, a key area in applied mathematics.

This work is dedicated to the control of the accuracy of computational simulations of sound propagation and scattering. Assuming time-harmonic behaviour, the mathematical models are given as boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation <i>Delta u+k2u=0 </i> in <i>Oméga</i>. A distinction is made between interior, exterior and coupled problems and this work focuses mainly on interior uncoupled problems for which the Helmholtz equation becomes singular at eigenfrequencies. <p><p>As in other application fields, error control is an important issue in acoustic computations. It is clear that the numerical parameters (mesh size h and degree of approximation p) must be adapted to the physical parameter k. The well known ‘rule of the thumb’ for the h version with linear elements is to resolve the wavelength <i>lambda=2 pi k-1</i> by six elements characterising the approximability of the finite element mesh. If the numerical model is stable, the quality of the numerical solution is entirely controlled by the approximability of the finite element mesh. The situation is quite different in the presence of singularities. In that case, <i>stability</i> (or the lack thereof) is equally (sometimes more) important. In our application, the solutions are ‘rough’, i.e. highly oscillatory if the wavenumber is large. This is a singularity inherent to the differential operator rather than to the domain or the boundary conditions. This effect is called the <i>k-singularity</i>. Similarly, the discrete operator (“stiffness” matrix) becomes singular at eigenvalues of the discretised interior problem (or nearly singular at damped eigenvalues in solid-fluid interaction). This type of singularities is called the <i>lambda-singularities</i>. Both singularities are of global character. Without adaptive correction, their destabilizing effect generally leads to large error of the finite element results, even if the finite element mesh satisfies the ‘rule of the thumb’. <p><p>The k- and lambda-singularities are first extensively demonstrated by numerical examples. Then, two <i>a posteriori</i> error estimators are developed and the numerical tests show that, due to these specific phenomena of dynamo-acoustic computations, <i>error control cannot, in general, be accomplished by just ‘transplanting’ methods that worked well in static computations</i>. However, for low wavenumbers, it is necessary to also control the influence of the geometric (reentrants corners) or physical (discontinuities of the boundary conditions) singularities. An <i>h</i>-adaptive version with refinements has been implemented. These tools have been applied to two industrial examples :the GLT, a bi-mode bus from Bombardier Eurorail, and the Vertigo, a sport car from Gillet Automobiles.<p><p>As a conclusion, it is recommanded to replace the rule of the thumb by a criterion based on the control of the influence of the specific singularities of the Helmholtz operator. As this aim cannot be achieved by the <i>a posteriori</i> error estimators, it is suggested to minimize the influence of the singularities by modifying the formulation of the finite element method or by formulating a “meshless” method.<p> / Doctorat en sciences appliquées / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished