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A slightly smaller surface code S gate

Quantum Physics 2017-08-02 v1

Abstract

We cut the volume of surface code S gates by 25% by omitting a Hadamard gate.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1708.00054,
  title  = {A slightly smaller surface code S gate},
  author = {Craig Gidney and Austin Fowler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.00054},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

3 pages, 3 figures

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