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Non-Clifford symmetry protected topological higher-order cluster states in multi-qubit measurement-based quantum computation

Quantum Physics 2026-02-25 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A cluster state is a strongly entangled state, which is a source of measurement-based quantum computation. It is generated by applying controlled-Z (CZ) gates to the state +++\left\vert ++\cdots +\right\rangle . It is protected by the Z2even×Z2odd\mathbb{Z}_{2}^{\text{even}}\times \mathbb{Z}_{2}^{ \text{odd}} symmetry. By applying general quantum gates to the state +++ \left\vert ++\cdots +\right\rangle , we systematically obtain a general short-range entangled cluster state. If we use a non-Clifford gate such as the controlled phase-shift gate, we obtain a non-Clifford cluster state. Furthermore, if we use the controlled-controlled Z (CCZ) gate instead of the CZ gate, we obtain non-Clifford cluster states with five-body entanglement. We generalize it to the CN^{N}Z gate, where (2N+1)(2N+1)-body entangled states are generated. The Z2even×Z2odd\mathbb{Z}_{2}^{\text{even}}\times \mathbb{Z}_{2}^{\text{odd}} symmetry is non-Clifford for N3N\geq 3. We demonstrate that there emerge 22N2^{2N} fold degenerate ground states for an open chain, indicating the emergence of NN free spins at each edge. They can be used as an NN-qubit input and an NN-qubit output in measurement-based quantum computation. We also study the non-invertible symmetry, the Kennedy-Tasaki transformation and the string-order parameter in addition to the Z2even×Z2odd\mathbb{Z}_{2}^{\text{even}}\times \mathbb{Z}_{2}^{\text{odd}} symmetry in these models.

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@article{arxiv.2602.20612,
  title  = {Non-Clifford symmetry protected topological higher-order cluster states in multi-qubit measurement-based quantum computation},
  author = {Motohiko Ezawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.20612},
  year   = {2026}
}

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19 pages, 11 figures