Quantum memories at finite temperature

BJ Brown, D Loss, JK Pachos, CN Self… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
To use quantum systems for technological applications one first needs to preserve their
coherence for macroscopic time scales, even at finite temperature. Quantum error correction …

A short introduction to topological quantum computation

V Lahtinen, J Pachos - SciPost Physics, 2017 - scipost.org
This review presents an entry-level introduction to topological quantum computation--
quantum computing with anyons. We introduce anyons at the system-independent level of …

The boundaries and twist defects of the color code and their applications to topological quantum computation

MS Kesselring, F Pastawski, J Eisert, BJ Brown - Quantum, 2018 - quantum-journal.org
The color code is both an interesting example of an exactly solved topologically ordered
phase of matter and also among the most promising candidate models to realize fault …

Fast decoders for qudit topological codes

H Anwar, BJ Brown, ET Campbell… - New Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Qudit toric codes are a natural higher-dimensional generalization of the well-studied qubit
toric code. However, standard methods for error correction of the qubit toric code are not …

Symmetry-protected self-correcting quantum memories

S Roberts, SD Bartlett - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
A self-correcting quantum memory can store and protect quantum information for a time that
increases without bound with the system size and without the need for active error …

Improved HDRG decoders for qudit and non-Abelian quantum error correction

A Hutter, D Loss, JR Wootton - New Journal of Physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Hard-decision renormalization group (HDRG) decoders are an important class of decoding
algorithms for topological quantum error correction. Due to their versatility, they have been …

Low-depth random Clifford circuits for quantum coding against Pauli noise using a tensor-network decoder

AS Darmawan, Y Nakata, S Tamiya, H Yamasaki - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Recent work [MJ Gullans, Phys. Rev. X 11, 031066 (2021) 2160-3308 10.1103/PhysRevX.
11.031066] has shown that quantum error correcting codes defined by random Clifford …

A proposal for self-correcting stabilizer quantum memories in 3 dimensions (or slightly less)

CG Brell - New Journal of Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose a family of local CSS stabilizer codes as possible candidates for self-correcting
quantum memories in 3D. The construction is inspired by the classical Ising model on a …

Anyonic self-induced disorder in a stabilizer code: Quasi many-body localization in a translational invariant model

H Yarloo, A Langari, A Vaezi - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We enquire into the quasi many-body localization in topologically ordered states of matter,
revolving around the case of Kitaev toric code on the ladder geometry, where different types …

[HTML][HTML] Fusing binary interface defects in topological phases: The Z/pZ case

JC Bridgeman, D Barter, C Jones - Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
A binary interface defect is any interface between two (not necessarily invertible) domain
walls. We compute all possible binary interface defects in Kitaev's Z/p Z model and all …