Low-Overhead Defect-Adaptive Surface Code with Bandage-Like Super-Stabilizers

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Autores principales: Wei, Zuolin, He, Tan, Ye, Yangsen, Wu, Dachao, Zhang, Yiming, Zhao, Youwei, Lin, Weiping, Huang, He-Liang, Zhu, Xiaobo, Pan, Jian-Wei
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author Wei, Zuolin
He, Tan
Ye, Yangsen
Wu, Dachao
Zhang, Yiming
Zhao, Youwei
Lin, Weiping
Huang, He-Liang
Zhu, Xiaobo
Pan, Jian-Wei
author_facet Wei, Zuolin
He, Tan
Ye, Yangsen
Wu, Dachao
Zhang, Yiming
Zhao, Youwei
Lin, Weiping
Huang, He-Liang
Zhu, Xiaobo
Pan, Jian-Wei
contents To make practical quantum algorithms work, large-scale quantum processors protected by error-correcting codes are required to resist noise and ensure reliable computational outcomes. However, a major challenge arises from defects in processor fabrication, as well as occasional losses or cosmic rays during the computing process, all of which can lead to qubit malfunctions and disrupt error-correcting codes' normal operations. In this context, we introduce an automatic adapter to implement the surface code on defective lattices. Unlike previous approaches, this adapter leverages newly proposed bandage-like super-stabilizers to save more qubits when defects are clustered, thus enhancing the code distance and reducing super-stabilizer weight. For instance, in comparison with earlier methods, with a code size of 27 and a random defect rate of 2\%, the disabled qubits decrease by $1/3$, and the average preserved code distance increases by 63\%. This demonstrates a significant reduction in overhead when handling defects using our approach, and this advantage amplifies with increasing processor size and defect rates. Our work presents a low-overhead, automated solution to the challenge of adapting the surface code to defects, an essential step towards scaling up the construction of large-scale quantum computers for practical applications.
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spellingShingle Low-Overhead Defect-Adaptive Surface Code with Bandage-Like Super-Stabilizers
Wei, Zuolin
He, Tan
Ye, Yangsen
Wu, Dachao
Zhang, Yiming
Zhao, Youwei
Lin, Weiping
Huang, He-Liang
Zhu, Xiaobo
Pan, Jian-Wei
Quantum Physics
To make practical quantum algorithms work, large-scale quantum processors protected by error-correcting codes are required to resist noise and ensure reliable computational outcomes. However, a major challenge arises from defects in processor fabrication, as well as occasional losses or cosmic rays during the computing process, all of which can lead to qubit malfunctions and disrupt error-correcting codes' normal operations. In this context, we introduce an automatic adapter to implement the surface code on defective lattices. Unlike previous approaches, this adapter leverages newly proposed bandage-like super-stabilizers to save more qubits when defects are clustered, thus enhancing the code distance and reducing super-stabilizer weight. For instance, in comparison with earlier methods, with a code size of 27 and a random defect rate of 2\%, the disabled qubits decrease by $1/3$, and the average preserved code distance increases by 63\%. This demonstrates a significant reduction in overhead when handling defects using our approach, and this advantage amplifies with increasing processor size and defect rates. Our work presents a low-overhead, automated solution to the challenge of adapting the surface code to defects, an essential step towards scaling up the construction of large-scale quantum computers for practical applications.
title Low-Overhead Defect-Adaptive Surface Code with Bandage-Like Super-Stabilizers
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18644