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Stabilizer operators and Barnes-Wall lattices

Quantum Physics 2024-05-31 v2

Abstract

We give a simple description of rectangular matrices that can be implemented by a post-selected stabilizer circuit. Given a matrix with entries in dyadic cyclotomic number fields Q(exp(i2π2m))\mathbb{Q}(\exp(i\frac{2\pi}{2^m})), we show that it can be implemented by a post-selected stabilizer circuit if it has entries in Z[exp(i2π2m)]\mathbb{Z}[\exp(i\frac{2\pi}{2^m})] when expressed in a certain non-orthogonal basis. This basis is related to Barnes-Wall lattices. Our result is a generalization to a well-known connection between Clifford groups and Barnes-Wall lattices. We also show that minimal vectors of Barnes-Wall lattices are stabilizer states, which may be of independent interest. Finally, we provide a few examples of generalizations beyond standard Clifford groups.

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@article{arxiv.2404.17677,
  title  = {Stabilizer operators and Barnes-Wall lattices},
  author = {Vadym Kliuchnikov and Sebastian Schönnenbeck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.17677},
  year   = {2024}
}

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22 pages

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