Chow develops superconducting quantum-computing hardware, with experimental contributions to microwave entangling gates and parity measurements that connect individual qubits to error-correction architectures.
IBM ResearcharXiv / Physical Review LettersNature CommunicationsChow’s work follows the engineering path from controlling two qubits to coordinating the operations needed by a protected quantum computer. A microwave entangling-gate experiment demonstrated interaction between fixed-frequency superconducting qubits. A later parity-detection experiment used a third qubit to measure shared information about two data qubits, an operation needed in error-correcting architectures. These results are specific, coauthored steps toward scalable systems. His current IBM role also concerns integration with classical computing; the profile uses IBM’s June 2026 identification rather than the older director title supplied in the draft.
IBM ResearcharXiv / Physical Review LettersNature CommunicationsDefining contributions
Work, in context- 2011
A microwave-driven entangling gate
Chow and collaborators demonstrated an all-microwave two-qubit gate between fixed-frequency superconducting qubits. The experiment generated entanglement through a drive at the other qubit’s transition frequency, offering a route to interaction without changing the qubits’ operating frequencies.
Jerry M. Chow was first author of the collaborative superconducting-qubit gate experiment.
Source-supported recordarXiv / Physical Review Letters - 2014
Measuring parity as a computing building block
Chow and collaborators demonstrated parity detection of two code qubits by measuring a third syndrome qubit. The experiment and its tomography connected superconducting-qubit control to the repeated information extraction needed in surface-code-style architectures; it did not constitute a complete fault-tolerant computer.
Jerry M. Chow was first author and co-designed the experiment with Jay M. Gambetta; the article credits distinct device, hardware and analysis work to the wider team.
Source-supported recordNature Communications
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The future of quantum takes center stage at NY Tech Week
Explicit IBM Fellow and CTO of Quantum-Centric Supercomputing identification; current integration focus.
Published 2026-06-04 · Checked 2026-09-19 - arXiv / Physical Review LettersResearch paper
A simple all-microwave entangling gate for fixed-frequency superconducting qubits
Chow first authorship, all-microwave gate and fixed-frequency superconducting-qubit experiment.
Published 2011-06-03 · Checked 2026-09-19 - Nature CommunicationsResearch paper
Implementing a strand of a scalable fault-tolerant quantum computing fabric
Chow first authorship and experiment design; three-qubit parity measurement and measurement tomography.
Published 2014-06-24 · Checked 2026-09-19