Architectures for Heterogeneous Quantum Error Correction Codes

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Main Authors: Stein, Samuel, Xu, Shifan, Cross, Andrew W., Yoder, Theodore J., Javadi-Abhari, Ali, Liu, Chenxu, Liu, Kun, Zhou, Zeyuan, Guinn, Charles, Ding, Yufei, Ding, Yongshan, Li, Ang
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author Stein, Samuel
Xu, Shifan
Cross, Andrew W.
Yoder, Theodore J.
Javadi-Abhari, Ali
Liu, Chenxu
Liu, Kun
Zhou, Zeyuan
Guinn, Charles
Ding, Yufei
Ding, Yongshan
Li, Ang
author_facet Stein, Samuel
Xu, Shifan
Cross, Andrew W.
Yoder, Theodore J.
Javadi-Abhari, Ali
Liu, Chenxu
Liu, Kun
Zhou, Zeyuan
Guinn, Charles
Ding, Yufei
Ding, Yongshan
Li, Ang
contents Quantum Error Correction (QEC) is essential for future quantum computers due to its ability to exponentially suppress physical errors. The surface code is a leading error-correcting code candidate because of its local topological structure, experimentally achievable thresholds, and support for universal gate operations with magic states. However, its physical overhead scales quadratically with number of correctable errors. Conversely, quantum low-density parity-check (qLDPC) codes offer superior scaling but lack, on their own, a clear path to universal logical computation. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly evident is becoming that there are significant advantages to designing architectures using multiple codes. Heterogeneous architectures provide a clear path to universal logical computation as well as the ability to access different resource trade offs. To address this, we propose integrating the surface code and gross code using an ancilla bus for inter-code data movement. This approach involves managing trade-offs, including qubit overhead, a constrained instruction set, and gross code (memory) routing and management. While our focus is on the gross-surface code architecture, our method is adaptable to any code combination and the constraints generated by that specific architecture. Motivated by the potential reduction of physical qubit overhead, an ever important feature in the realization of fault tolerant computation, we perform the first full system study of heterogeneous error-correcting codes, discovering architectural trade-offs and optimizing around them. We demonstrate physical qubit reductions of up to 6.42x when executing an algorithm to a specific logical error rate, at the cost of up to a 3.43x increase in execution time.
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spellingShingle Architectures for Heterogeneous Quantum Error Correction Codes
Stein, Samuel
Xu, Shifan
Cross, Andrew W.
Yoder, Theodore J.
Javadi-Abhari, Ali
Liu, Chenxu
Liu, Kun
Zhou, Zeyuan
Guinn, Charles
Ding, Yufei
Ding, Yongshan
Li, Ang
Quantum Physics
Quantum Error Correction (QEC) is essential for future quantum computers due to its ability to exponentially suppress physical errors. The surface code is a leading error-correcting code candidate because of its local topological structure, experimentally achievable thresholds, and support for universal gate operations with magic states. However, its physical overhead scales quadratically with number of correctable errors. Conversely, quantum low-density parity-check (qLDPC) codes offer superior scaling but lack, on their own, a clear path to universal logical computation. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly evident is becoming that there are significant advantages to designing architectures using multiple codes. Heterogeneous architectures provide a clear path to universal logical computation as well as the ability to access different resource trade offs. To address this, we propose integrating the surface code and gross code using an ancilla bus for inter-code data movement. This approach involves managing trade-offs, including qubit overhead, a constrained instruction set, and gross code (memory) routing and management. While our focus is on the gross-surface code architecture, our method is adaptable to any code combination and the constraints generated by that specific architecture. Motivated by the potential reduction of physical qubit overhead, an ever important feature in the realization of fault tolerant computation, we perform the first full system study of heterogeneous error-correcting codes, discovering architectural trade-offs and optimizing around them. We demonstrate physical qubit reductions of up to 6.42x when executing an algorithm to a specific logical error rate, at the cost of up to a 3.43x increase in execution time.
title Architectures for Heterogeneous Quantum Error Correction Codes
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.03202