Experimental fault-tolerant code switching

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Auteurs principaux: Pogorelov, Ivan, Butt, Friederike, Postler, Lukas, Marciniak, Christian D., Schindler, Philipp, Müller, Markus, Monz, Thomas
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author Pogorelov, Ivan
Butt, Friederike
Postler, Lukas
Marciniak, Christian D.
Schindler, Philipp
Müller, Markus
Monz, Thomas
author_facet Pogorelov, Ivan
Butt, Friederike
Postler, Lukas
Marciniak, Christian D.
Schindler, Philipp
Müller, Markus
Monz, Thomas
contents Quantum error correction is a crucial tool for mitigating hardware errors in quantum computers by encoding logical information into multiple physical qubits. However, no single error-correcting code allows for an intrinsically fault-tolerant implementation of all the gates needed for universal quantum computing [1-3]. One way to tackle this problem is to switch between two suitable error-correcting codes, while preserving the encoded logical information, which in combination give access to a fault-tolerant universal gate set [4-6]. In this work, we present the first experimental implementation of fault-tolerant code switching between two codes. One is the seven-qubit color code [7], which features fault-tolerant CNOT and $H$ quantum gates, while the other one, the 10-qubit code [8], allows for a fault-tolerant $T$-gate implementation. Together they form a complementary universal gate set. Building on essential code switching building blocks, we construct logical circuits and prepare 12 different logical states which are not accessible natively in a fault-tolerant way within a single code. Finally, we use code switching to entangle two logical qubits employing the full universal gate set in a single logical quantum circuit. Our results experimentally open up a new route towards deterministic control over logical qubits with low auxiliary qubit overhead, not relying on the probabilistic preparation of resource states.
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spellingShingle Experimental fault-tolerant code switching
Pogorelov, Ivan
Butt, Friederike
Postler, Lukas
Marciniak, Christian D.
Schindler, Philipp
Müller, Markus
Monz, Thomas
Quantum Physics
Quantum error correction is a crucial tool for mitigating hardware errors in quantum computers by encoding logical information into multiple physical qubits. However, no single error-correcting code allows for an intrinsically fault-tolerant implementation of all the gates needed for universal quantum computing [1-3]. One way to tackle this problem is to switch between two suitable error-correcting codes, while preserving the encoded logical information, which in combination give access to a fault-tolerant universal gate set [4-6]. In this work, we present the first experimental implementation of fault-tolerant code switching between two codes. One is the seven-qubit color code [7], which features fault-tolerant CNOT and $H$ quantum gates, while the other one, the 10-qubit code [8], allows for a fault-tolerant $T$-gate implementation. Together they form a complementary universal gate set. Building on essential code switching building blocks, we construct logical circuits and prepare 12 different logical states which are not accessible natively in a fault-tolerant way within a single code. Finally, we use code switching to entangle two logical qubits employing the full universal gate set in a single logical quantum circuit. Our results experimentally open up a new route towards deterministic control over logical qubits with low auxiliary qubit overhead, not relying on the probabilistic preparation of resource states.
title Experimental fault-tolerant code switching
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13732