Wootton, James R. and Peter, Andreas and Winkler, János R. and Loss, Daniel. (2017) Proposal for a minimal surface code experiment. Physical Review A , 96. 032338.
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Abstract
Current quantum technology is approaching the system sizes and fidelities required for quantum error correction. It is therefore important to determine exactly what is needed for proof-of-principle experiments, which will be a major step towards fault-tolerant quantum computation. Here we propose a surface code based experiment that is the smallest, both in terms of code size and circuit depth, that would allow errors to be detected and corrected for both the X and Z bases of a qubit. This requires 17 physical qubits initially prepared in a product state, on which 16 two-qubit entangling gates are applied before a final measurement of all qubits. A platform agnostic error model is applied to give some idea of the noise levels required for success. It is found that a true demonstration of quantum error correction will require fidelities for the preparation and measurement of qubits and the entangling gates to be above 99%.
Faculties and Departments: | 05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Theoretische Physik Mesoscopics (Loss) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Wootton, James R. and Loss, Daniel |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
ISSN: | 1050-2947 |
e-ISSN: | 1094-1622 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Last Modified: | 23 May 2018 07:37 |
Deposited On: | 23 May 2018 07:37 |
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