Tricolored lattice gauge theory with randomness: fault tolerance in topological color codes

We compute the error threshold of color codes—a class of topological quantum codes that allow a direct implementation of quantum Clifford gates—when both qubit and measurement errors are present. By mapping the problem onto a statistical–mechanical three-dimensional disordered Ising lattice gauge th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Andrist, Ruben S., Katzgraber, Helmut G., Bombin, H., Martín-Delgado Alcántara, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/42824
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42824
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:53
Error-correcting codes
Quantum memory
Model.
Física-Modelos matemáticos
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Sumario:We compute the error threshold of color codes—a class of topological quantum codes that allow a direct implementation of quantum Clifford gates—when both qubit and measurement errors are present. By mapping the problem onto a statistical–mechanical three-dimensional disordered Ising lattice gauge theory, we estimate via large-scale Monte Carlo simulations that color codes are stable against 4.8(2)% errors. Furthermore, by evaluating the skewness of the Wilson loop distributions, we introduce a very sensitive probe to locate first-order phase transitions in lattice gauge theories.