Simple, Efficient, and Generic Post-Selection Decoding for qLDPC codes

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Auteurs principaux: Xie, Haipeng, Yoshioka, Nobuyuki, Tsubouchi, Kento, Li, Ying
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author Xie, Haipeng
Yoshioka, Nobuyuki
Tsubouchi, Kento
Li, Ying
author_facet Xie, Haipeng
Yoshioka, Nobuyuki
Tsubouchi, Kento
Li, Ying
contents Quantum error correction is indispensable for scalable quantum computation. Although encoding logical qubits substantially enhances noise resilience, achieving logical error rates low enough for practical algorithms remains challenging on existing hardware. Here we introduce argument reweighting, a simple and broadly applicable post-selection decoding strategy that boosts the performance of maximum-likelihood-type decoders, including minimum-weight perfect matching and belief-propagation families. The method suppresses logical errors by performing additional decoding rounds under reweighted error models, enabling acceptance of high-confidence syndrome outcomes. Circuit-level simulations across multiple decoders and qLDPC codes show that argument reweighting substantially suppresses logical errors, requiring a rejection rate of only $1.44\times10^{-5}$ to reduce the logical error rate by almost two orders of magnitude for the $[[144,12,12]]$ bivariate bicycle code. These results establish argument reweighting as a practical and resource-efficient approach for enhancing quantum fault tolerance.
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spellingShingle Simple, Efficient, and Generic Post-Selection Decoding for qLDPC codes
Xie, Haipeng
Yoshioka, Nobuyuki
Tsubouchi, Kento
Li, Ying
Quantum Physics
Quantum error correction is indispensable for scalable quantum computation. Although encoding logical qubits substantially enhances noise resilience, achieving logical error rates low enough for practical algorithms remains challenging on existing hardware. Here we introduce argument reweighting, a simple and broadly applicable post-selection decoding strategy that boosts the performance of maximum-likelihood-type decoders, including minimum-weight perfect matching and belief-propagation families. The method suppresses logical errors by performing additional decoding rounds under reweighted error models, enabling acceptance of high-confidence syndrome outcomes. Circuit-level simulations across multiple decoders and qLDPC codes show that argument reweighting substantially suppresses logical errors, requiring a rejection rate of only $1.44\times10^{-5}$ to reduce the logical error rate by almost two orders of magnitude for the $[[144,12,12]]$ bivariate bicycle code. These results establish argument reweighting as a practical and resource-efficient approach for enhancing quantum fault tolerance.
title Simple, Efficient, and Generic Post-Selection Decoding for qLDPC codes
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.17757