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Hrf(t) = −ω1 (cos (ωt + φ) X/2 + sin (ωt + φ) Y/2) , (2.13)<br />

where ω is the frequency of the applied magnetic field.<br />

For purposes of effecting rotations of the spins, we use the resonance condition ω = ω0,<br />

where again, ω0 is the Larmor frequency of the given spin. Then, in the rotating frame at<br />

frequency ω0, we can write this Hamiltonian as<br />

H rot<br />

rf = −ω1 (cos (φ) X/2 + sin (φ) Y/2) . (2.14)<br />

Because in this frame the rotations occur at a rate ω1, the total angle of rotation θ is<br />

just given by the time tp over which a resonant pulse is applied times ω1: θ = ω1tp.<br />

These rotations may be performed in either the ˆx or ˆy directions, or in both at the same<br />

time. We shall use the general form of Rˆn(θ) for describing these rotations, where e.g.<br />

Rˆx(π) is a rotation of π radians (180 ◦ ) about the x-axis, and Rˆy(−π/2) is a rotation of<br />

−π/2 radians (−90 ◦ ) about the y-axis.<br />

There are multiple ways of performing single-qubit rotations along ˆz. We present three<br />

such methods here.<br />

1. Composite ˆx and ˆy rotations.<br />

Any rotation about ˆz can be composed of other rotations about ˆx and ˆy. The following<br />

is an example of this:<br />

2. Compression of ˆz rotations.<br />

Rˆz(π) = Rˆx(π/2)Rˆy(π/2)Rˆx(−π/2) . (2.15)<br />

We can also use relations such as Eq. 2.15 to place all ˆz rotations at the end of the<br />

pulse sequence. An example of this is<br />

Rˆx(π/2)Rˆz(π/2) = Rˆx(π/2)Rˆy(π/2)Rˆx(−π/2)Rˆy(−π/2) = Rˆz(π/2)Rˆy(−π/2) .<br />

(2.16)<br />

Here the rotation about ˆx is replaced with one about ˆy, and the ˆz rotation is moved<br />

to the end. The advantage of this method is that all the ˆz rotations can be grouped<br />

into one single pulse, reducing the total number of single-qubit pulses that must be<br />

performed. This leads to a reduction of errors due to control errors, i.e. evolution<br />

under HI (Eq. 2.4) that occurs during the pulse duration tp. For this method to work,<br />

the ˆz rotations must commute with the free-evolution Hamiltonian, H0 + HI. Since<br />

both of these depend only on Z operators, this is clearly the case.<br />

3. Implicit absorption of ˆz rotations.<br />

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