We present a set of robust and high-fidelity pulses that realize paradigmatic operations such as the transfer of the ground state population into the excited state and arbitrary $X/Y$ rotations on the Bloch sphere. These pulses are based on the phase modulation of the control field. We provide an experimental proof-of-concept of these operations by using a transmon qubit, demonstrating resilience against deviations in the drive amplitude of more than $\approx 20\%$, and/or detuning from the qubit transition frequency in the order of $10\mathrm{MHz}$. This modulation scheme is straightforward to implement in practice and can be deployed to any other qubit-based experimental platform.

• Received 15 September 2023
• Accepted 23 January 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013188

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