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Main Authors: Zhang, Jiaxuan, Wu, Yu-Chun, Guo, Guo-Ping
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05222
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author Zhang, Jiaxuan
Wu, Yu-Chun
Guo, Guo-Ping
author_facet Zhang, Jiaxuan
Wu, Yu-Chun
Guo, Guo-Ping
contents Color code is a promising topological code for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Insufficient research on the color code has delayed its practical application. In this work, we address several key issues to facilitate practical fault-tolerant quantum computing based on color codes. First, by introducing decoding graphs with error-rate-related weights, we obtained the threshold of $0.47\%$ of the 6,6,6 triangular color code under the standard circuit-level noise model, narrowing the gap to that of the surface code. Second, our work firstly investigates the circuit-level decoding of color code lattice surgery, and gives an efficient decoding algorithm, which is crucial for performing logical operations in a quantum computer with two-dimensional architectures. Lastly, a new state injection protocol of the triangular color code is proposed, reducing the output magic state error rate in one round of 15 to 1 distillation by two orders of magnitude compared to a previous rough protocol. We have also proven that our protocol offers the lowest logical error rates for state injection among all possible CSS codes.
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spellingShingle Facilitating Practical Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing Based on Color Codes
Zhang, Jiaxuan
Wu, Yu-Chun
Guo, Guo-Ping
Quantum Physics
Color code is a promising topological code for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Insufficient research on the color code has delayed its practical application. In this work, we address several key issues to facilitate practical fault-tolerant quantum computing based on color codes. First, by introducing decoding graphs with error-rate-related weights, we obtained the threshold of $0.47\%$ of the 6,6,6 triangular color code under the standard circuit-level noise model, narrowing the gap to that of the surface code. Second, our work firstly investigates the circuit-level decoding of color code lattice surgery, and gives an efficient decoding algorithm, which is crucial for performing logical operations in a quantum computer with two-dimensional architectures. Lastly, a new state injection protocol of the triangular color code is proposed, reducing the output magic state error rate in one round of 15 to 1 distillation by two orders of magnitude compared to a previous rough protocol. We have also proven that our protocol offers the lowest logical error rates for state injection among all possible CSS codes.
title Facilitating Practical Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing Based on Color Codes
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05222