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Low-Frequency Noise Mitigation in Short-Term Voltage Sweeps Using Predictive Active Noise Cancellation in a Dual-DAC System
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Low-Frequency Noise Mitigation in Short-Term Voltage Sweeps Using Predictive Active Noise Cancellation in a Dual-DAC System

Rajat Bharadwaj, Shakthidhar Vilvanathan, Rishabh Bhardwaj and Madhu Thalakulam
IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement, Vol.74, pp.1-1
01/01/2025

Abstract

Active Noise Cancellation Calibration Digital-to-Analog Converters Low frequency noise Low-pass filters Noise Noise cancellation Noise measurement Predictive Noise Mitigation Prevention and mitigation Short-Term Sweeps Signal Conditioning Stability criteria Thermal stability Training
Owing to the fragile nature and susceptibility to various forms of electrical noise, quantum technology, such as quantum dot qubits, requires an ultra-low noise and sub-Kelvin temperature operation. The classical and thermal noise reaching the device generated by the room temperature electronics is bound to create decoherence and loss of information. Noise, beyond a few kHz, can be effectively filtered by an array of low-pass filters operated at various temperature stages. Minimizing noise in the lower frequency bands presents a significant challenge, particularly in experiment-specific voltage sweeps, where the sweep duration is susceptible to low-frequency periodic noise or 1/f noise having long-term correlations. Although the active noise cancellation technique is effective in minimizing the short-term noise in audio frequency ranges, it is ineffective in the lower frequency ranges. This paper addresses this gap by introducing a predictive noise cancellation strategy for improved noise mitigation in short-term voltage sweeps. Our system consists of a home-built microvolt precision, dual digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The dual-DAC strategy allows control and compensation in the milli- and microvolt range with better noise isolation independently. We study the short-term noise profile of our system and construct the anti-noise signal using the Fast Fourier transform with computed phase shifts. After implementing our method, the Mean Absolute Error is reduced by 34.58%. We also compare our technique with the Long Short-Term Memory-based machine learning model and find that it is efficient only for much shorter sweep durations compared to the proposed method.

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