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Universal Weakly Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation via Code Switching in the [[8,3,2]] Code

Quantum Physics 2026-04-07 v2

Abstract

Code-switching offers a route to universal, fault-tolerant quantum computation by circumventing the limitation implied by the Eastin-Knill theorem against a universal transversal gate set within a single quantum code. Here, we present a fault-tolerant code-switching protocol between two versions of the [[8,3,2]][[8, 3, 2]] code. One version supports weakly fault-tolerant single-qubit Clifford gates, while the other supports a logical CCZ\overline{\mathrm{CCZ}} gate via transversal T/TT/T^\dagger together with logical CZ\overline{\mathrm{CZ}}, CNOT\overline{\mathrm{CNOT}}, and SWAP\overline{\mathrm{SWAP}} gates. Because both codes have distance 2, the protocol operates in a postselected, error-detecting regime: single faults lead to detectable outcomes, and accepted runs exhibit quadratic suppression of logical error rates. This yields a universal scheme for postselected fault-tolerant computation. We validate the protocol numerically through simulations of state preparation, code switching, and a three-logical-qubit implementation of Grover's search.

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@article{arxiv.2603.15610,
  title  = {Universal Weakly Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation via Code Switching in the [[8,3,2]] Code},
  author = {Shixin Wu and Dawei Zhong and Todd A. Brun and Daniel A. Lidar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.15610},
  year   = {2026}
}

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19 pages, 16 figures

R2 v1 2026-07-01T11:22:46.852Z