There is provided a method for resetting an arbitrary state, hosted in a
quantum system, to the vacuum Fock state or a coherent state, wherein the
quantum system comprises: (I) at least one resonant portion configured to have a first mode having a first resonant frequency and wherein the arbitrary state is hosted in the first mode, (II) a non-
linear element coupled to the at least one resonant portion so as to non-linearly couple to the first mode, and (III) one or more
signal generator(s) coupled to the at least one resonant portion and / or to the non-
linear element and configured to
input control signals to physically stabilize a cat
qubit subspace in the first mode having a cat
phase angle. The method comprises: (i) physically stabilizing for a first period of time, with the one or more
signal generator(s), a first cat
qubit subspace having a first cat
phase angle and first cat size ΙαΙ2, wherein α is a first amplitude which is the amplitude of the superposed
coherent states Ι ± α > defining the first cat
qubit subspace (702); (ii) after the first period of time, physically performing for a second period of time, with the one or more
signal generator(s), a first parallel displacement drive by inputting
electromagnetic radiation having a first phase substantially equal with the first cat
phase angle, a frequency substantially equal to the first resonant frequency, and a first displacement amplitude greater than or equal to the first amplitude (704); (iii) after the second period of time, physically stabilizing for a third period of time, with the one or more
signal generator(s), a second cat qubit subspace having a second cat phase angle which is substantially equal to the first cat phase angle and second cat size ΙβΙ2, wherein β is a second amplitude which is the amplitude of the superposed
coherent states Ι ± β > defining the first cat qubit subspace, such that a coherent state Ιβ> with the second amplitude β is stabilized in the first mode (706). There is also provided a corresponding
quantum processor, a
computer program product, and a computer-readable medium.