Quantum codes do not increase fidelity against isotropic errors
Quantum Physics
2022-01-24 v1
Abstract
Given an qubit and an quantum code , let be the qubit that results from the encoding of . Suppose that the state is affected by an isotropic error (decoherence), becoming , and that the corrector circuit of is applied to , obtaining the quantum state . Alternatively, we analyze the effect of the isotropic error without using the quantum code . In this case the error transforms into . Assuming that the correction circuit does not introduce new errors and that it does not increase the execution time, we compare the fidelity of , and with the aim of analyzing the power of quantum codes to control isotropic errors. We prove that . Therefore the best option to optimize fidelity against isotropic errors is not to use quantum codes.
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@article{arxiv.2201.08589,
title = {Quantum codes do not increase fidelity against isotropic errors},
author = {J. Lacalle and L. M. Pozo-Coronado and A. L. Fonseca de Oliveira and R. Martin-Cuevas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.08589},
year = {2022}
}