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Errors are inevitable during all kinds quantum informational tasks and quantum error-correcting codes (QECCs) are powerful tools to fight various quantum noises. For standard QECCs physical systems have the same number of energy levels.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Zhuo Wang , Sixia Yu , Heng Fan , C. H. Oh

Quantum error-correcting codes are constructed that embed a finite-dimensional code space in the infinite-dimensional Hilbert space of a system described by continuous quantum variables. These codes exploit the noncommutative geometry of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-18 Daniel Gottesman , Alexei Kitaev , John Preskill

We present the first device-independent quantum cryptography protocol for continuous variables. Our scheme is based on the Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill encoding scheme whereby a qubit is embedded in the infinite-dimensional space of a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-24 Kevin Marshall , Christian Weedbrook

The choice between the Schroedinger and Heisenberg pictures can significantly impact the computational resources needed to solve a problem, even though they are equivalent formulations of quantum mechanics. Here we present a method for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-11 Timothy C Ralph , Matthew Winnel , S Nibedita Swain , Ryan J Marshman

We study a class of quantum error-correcting codes through the geometry of complex abelian varieties. These codes, introduced by Gottesman--Kitaev--Preskill, are built from symplectically integral lattices and therefore naturally define…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Maxence Mayrand , Baptiste Royer

Quantum states are very delicate, so it is likely some sort of quantum error correction will be necessary to build reliable quantum computers. The theory of quantum error-correcting codes has some close ties to and some striking differences…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-17 Daniel Gottesman

This thesis develops a theoretical framework for hybrid continuous-variable (CV) and discrete-variable (DV) quantum systems, with emphasis on quantum control, state preparation, and error correction. A central contribution is non-abelian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-03 Shraddha Singh

Quantum error correction plays a critical role in enabling fault-tolerant quantum computing by protecting fragile quantum information from noise. While general-purpose quantum error correction codes are designed to address a wide range of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Nirupam Basak , Andrew Tanggara , Ankith Mohan , Goutam Paul , Kishor Bharti

The quantum error-correcting code in the continuous-variable (CV) system attracts much attention due to its flexibility and high resistance against specific noise. However, the theory of fault tolerance in CV systems is premature and lacks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-17 Takaya Matsuura , Nicolas C. Menicucci , Hayata Yamasaki

The implementation of practical error correction protocols is essential for deployment of quantum information technologies. Ways of exploiting high-spin nuclei, which have multi-level quantum resources, have attracted interest in this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Sumin Lim , Arzhang Ardavan

In a continuous-variable optical system, the Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) qubit is a promising candidate for fault-tolerant quantum computation. To implement non-Clifford operations on GKP qubits, non-Gaussian operations are required. In…

Quantum error correction codes in continuous variables (also called CV codes, or single-mode bosonic codes) have recently been identified to be a technologically viable option for building fault-tolerant quantum computers. The best-known…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-07 Allan D. C. Tosta , Thiago O. Maciel , Leandro Aolita

Quantum error correction plays an important role in fault-tolerant quantum information processing. It is usually difficult to experimentally realize quantum error correction, as it requires multiple qubits and quantum gates with high…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-10 Qihao Guo , Yuan-Yuan Zhao , Markus Grassl , Xinfang Nie , Guo-Yong Xiang , Tao Xin , Zhang-Qi Yin , Bei Zeng

We examine continuous-variable gate teleportation using entangled states made from pure product states sent through a beamsplitter. We show that such states are Choi states for a (typically) non-unitary gate, and we derive the associated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 Blayney W. Walshe , Ben Q. Baragiola , Rafael N. Alexander , Nicolas C. Menicucci

Photon loss is the dominant source of noise in optical quantum systems. The Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) bosonic code provides significant protection; however, even low levels of loss can generate uncorrectable errors that another…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-12 Tom B. Harris , Takaya Matsuura , Ben Q. Baragiola , Nicolas C. Menicucci

We analyze surface codes, the topological quantum error-correcting codes introduced by Kitaev. In these codes, qubits are arranged in a two-dimensional array on a surface of nontrivial topology, and encoded quantum operations are associated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Eric Dennis , Alexei Kitaev , Andrew Landahl , John Preskill

Bosonic fault tolerant quantum computing requires preparations of Bosonic code states like cat states and GKP states with high fidelity and reliable quantum certification of these states. Although many proposals on preparing these states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-01 Ya-Dong Wu

We study a comprehensive list of quantum codes as candidates of codes to be used at the bottom, physical, level in a fault-tolerant code architecture. Using the Aliferis-Gottesman-Preskill (AGP) ex-Rec method we calculate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-12-04 Andrew W. Cross , David P. DiVincenzo , Barbara M. Terhal

Quantum computers hold the promise of solving computational problems which are intractable using conventional methods. For fault-tolerant operation quantum computers must correct errors occurring due to unavoidable decoherence and limited…