Deflating quantum error-correcting codes

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Main Authors: Gundersen, Jaron Skovsted, Christensen, Rene Bødker, Popovski, Petar, Wisniewski, Rafał
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Published: 2025
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author Gundersen, Jaron Skovsted
Christensen, Rene Bødker
Popovski, Petar
Wisniewski, Rafał
author_facet Gundersen, Jaron Skovsted
Christensen, Rene Bødker
Popovski, Petar
Wisniewski, Rafał
contents In this work, we introduce a technique for reducing the length of a quantum stabilizer code, and we call this deflation of the code. Deflation can be seen as a generalization of the well-known puncturing and shortening techniques in cases where more than a single qudit is removed. We show that the parameters of the deflated quantum code can be controlled, and argue that a similar approach is not as beneficial when applied to classical linear codes. Furthermore, it is shown that deflation introduces additional freedom compared to applying just puncturing and shortening consecutively. We exemplify that it is possible to obtain better parameters by deflating a code rather than consecutively using puncturing and shortening.
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spellingShingle Deflating quantum error-correcting codes
Gundersen, Jaron Skovsted
Christensen, Rene Bødker
Popovski, Petar
Wisniewski, Rafał
Quantum Physics
Information Theory
In this work, we introduce a technique for reducing the length of a quantum stabilizer code, and we call this deflation of the code. Deflation can be seen as a generalization of the well-known puncturing and shortening techniques in cases where more than a single qudit is removed. We show that the parameters of the deflated quantum code can be controlled, and argue that a similar approach is not as beneficial when applied to classical linear codes. Furthermore, it is shown that deflation introduces additional freedom compared to applying just puncturing and shortening consecutively. We exemplify that it is possible to obtain better parameters by deflating a code rather than consecutively using puncturing and shortening.
title Deflating quantum error-correcting codes
topic Quantum Physics
Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.15887