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Models for topological quantum computation are based on braiding and fusing anyons (quasiparticles of fractional statistics) in (2+1)-D. The anyons that can exist in a physical theory are determined by the symmetry group of the Hamiltonian.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Meagan B. Thompson

We consider a two-dimensional spin system that exhibits abelian anyonic excitations. Manipulations of these excitations enable the construction of a quantum computational model. While the one-qubit gates are performed dynamically the model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-08-28 Jiannis K. Pachos

Anyons are exotic quasi-particles with fractional charge that can emerge as fundamental excitations of strongly interacting topological quantum phases of matter. Unlike ordinary fermions and bosons, they may obey non-abelian statistics--a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-14 Zlatko Papić , Roger S. K. Mong , Ali Yazdani , Michael P. Zaletel

The classification of topological phases of matter is a fundamental challenge in quantum many-body physics, with applications to quantum technology. Recently, this classification has been extended to the setting of Adaptive Finite-Depth…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-01 Yuanjie Ren , Nathanan Tantivasadakarn , Dominic J. Williamson

Quantum computation provides a unique opportunity to explore new regimes of physical systems through the creation of non-trivial quantum states far outside of the classical limit. However, such computation is remarkably sensitive to noise…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-04-04 Haitan Xu , J. M. Taylor

Anyons exhibit a non-trivial interplay between local exclusion rules and non-local braiding and exchange phases, making a consistent commutation algebra and second-quantized formulation challenging. We develop an algebraic framework for…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-07 Priyanshi Bhasin , Diptiman Sen , Tanmoy Das

In three spatial dimensions, particles are limited to either bosonic or fermionic statistics. Two-dimensional systems, on the other hand, can support anyonic quasiparticles exhibiting richer statistical behaviours. An exciting proposal for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-12-13 James R. Wootton , Ville Lahtinen , Benoit Doucot , Jiannis K. Pachos

Topological quantum computation relies on control of non-Abelian anyons for inherently fault-tolerant storage and processing of quantum information. By now, blueprints for topological qubits are well developed for electrically active…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-14 Kai Klocke , Yue Liu , Gábor B. Halász , Jason Alicea

Topological quantum computation may provide a robust approach for encoding and manipulating information utilizing the topological properties of anyonic quasi-particle excitations. We develop an efficient means to map between dense and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-02 Haitan Xu , J. M. Taylor

Fibonacci anyons are non-Abelian particles for which braiding is universal for quantum computation. Reichardt has shown how to systematically generate nontrivial braids for three Fibonacci anyons which yield unitary operations with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 Caitlin Carnahan , Daniel Zeuch , N. E. Bonesteel

Kitaev's toric code is an exactly solvable model with $\mathbb{Z}_2$-topological order, which has potential applications in quantum computation and error correction. However, a direct experimental realization remains an open challenge.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-23 Lukas Homeier , Christian Schweizer , Monika Aidelsburger , Arkady Fedorov , Fabian Grusdt

We provide a comprehensive systematic method for the numerical computation of elementary braid operations in topological quantum computation (TQC). This {procedure} is systematically applicable to all anyon models, including $SU(2)_k$.…

Quantum gates built out of braid group elements form the building blocks of topological quantum computation. They have been extensively studied in $SU(2)_k$ quantum group theories, a rich source of examples of non-Abelian anyons such as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-01 Indrajit Jana , Filippo Montorsi , Pramod Padmanabhan , Diego Trancanelli

A topological quantum computer should allow intrinsically fault-tolerant quantum computation, but there remains uncertainty about how such a computer can be implemented. It is known that topological quantum computation can be implemented…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-06-22 Ben W. Reichardt

We study effectively one-dimensional systems that emerge at the edge of a two-dimensional topologically ordered state, or at the boundary between two topologically ordered states. We argue that anyons of the bulk are associated with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-08-25 Tsuf Lichtman , Ryan Thorngren , Netanel H. Lindner , Ady Stern , Erez Berg

This review presents an entry-level introduction to topological quantum computation -- quantum computing with anyons. We introduce anyons at the system-independent level of anyon models and discuss the key concepts of protected fusion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-14 Ville Lahtinen , Jiannis K. Pachos

Anyons, quasiparticles living in two-dimensional spaces with exotic exchange statistics, can serve as the fundamental units for fault-tolerant quantum computation. However, experimentally demonstrating anyonic statistics is a challenge due…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-06 Annie Jihyun Park , Emma McKay , Dawei Lu , Raymond Laflamme

In a topological quantum computer, braids of non-Abelian anyons in a (2+1)-dimensional space-time form quantum gates, whose fault tolerance relies on the topological, rather than geometric, properties of the braids. Here we propose to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Haitan Xu , Xin Wan

Given a two-dimensional quantum lattice model with an abelian gauge theory interpretation, we investigate a duality operation that amounts to gauging its invertible 1-form symmetry, followed by gauging the resulting 0-form symmetry in a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-28 Bram Vancraeynest-De Cuiper , Clement Delcamp

Topological quantum computing holding global anti-interference ability is realized by braiding some anyons, such as well-known Fibonacci anyons. Here, based on $SO(3)_2 $ theory we obtain a total of 6 anyon models utilizing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-18 Jiangwei Long , Jianxin Zhong , Lijun Meng