Chiral Color Code : Single-shot error correction for exotic topological order

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Main Authors: Lee, Dongjin, Yoshida, Beni
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author Lee, Dongjin
Yoshida, Beni
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Yoshida, Beni
contents We present a family of simple three-dimensional stabilizer codes, called the chiral color codes, that realize fermionic and chiral topological orders. In the qubit case, the code realizes the topological phase of a single copy of the fermionic toric code. For qudit systems with local dimension $d$, the model features a chiral parameter $α$ and realizes 3D topological phases characterized by $\mathbb{Z}_d^{(α)}$ anyon theories with anomalous chiral surface topological order. On closed manifolds, the code has a unique ground state after removing bulk transparent fermions or bosons. Furthermore, we prove that the bulk is short-range entangled (for odd $d$, coprime $α$) by constructing an explicit local quantum channel that prepares the ground state. The chiral color codes are constructed within the gauge color code, and hence inherit its fault-tolerant features: they admit single-shot error correction and allow code switching to other stabilizer color codes. These properties position the chiral color codes as particularly useful platforms for realizing and manipulating fermions and chiral anyons.
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spellingShingle Chiral Color Code : Single-shot error correction for exotic topological order
Lee, Dongjin
Yoshida, Beni
Quantum Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We present a family of simple three-dimensional stabilizer codes, called the chiral color codes, that realize fermionic and chiral topological orders. In the qubit case, the code realizes the topological phase of a single copy of the fermionic toric code. For qudit systems with local dimension $d$, the model features a chiral parameter $α$ and realizes 3D topological phases characterized by $\mathbb{Z}_d^{(α)}$ anyon theories with anomalous chiral surface topological order. On closed manifolds, the code has a unique ground state after removing bulk transparent fermions or bosons. Furthermore, we prove that the bulk is short-range entangled (for odd $d$, coprime $α$) by constructing an explicit local quantum channel that prepares the ground state. The chiral color codes are constructed within the gauge color code, and hence inherit its fault-tolerant features: they admit single-shot error correction and allow code switching to other stabilizer color codes. These properties position the chiral color codes as particularly useful platforms for realizing and manipulating fermions and chiral anyons.
title Chiral Color Code : Single-shot error correction for exotic topological order
topic Quantum Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18324