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We demonstrate that it is possible to construct operators that stabilize the constraint-satisfying subspaces of computational problems in their Ising representations. We provide an explicit recipe to construct unitaries and associated…

The stabilizer formalism for quantum error-correcting codes has been, without doubt, the most successful at producing examples of quantum codes with strong error-correcting properties. In this paper, we discuss strong automorphism groups of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Hanson Hao

Quantum theory promises computational speed-ups over classical approaches. The celebrated Gottesman-Knill Theorem implies that the full power of quantum computation resides in the specific resource of "magic" states -- the secret sauce to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Xingjian Zhang , Zhaokai Pan , Guoding Liu

As quantum computing progresses towards the early fault-tolerant regime, quantum error correction will play a crucial role in protecting qubits and enabling logical Clifford operations. However, the number of logical qubits will initially…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Surabhi Luthra , Alexandra E. Moylett , Dan E. Browne , Earl T. Campbell

Tensor network methods leverage the limited entanglement of quantum states to efficiently simulate many-body systems. Alternatively, Clifford circuits provide a framework for handling highly entangled stabilizer states, which have low magic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Sergi Masot-Llima , Piotr Sierant , Paolo Stornati , Artur Garcia-Saez

Topological quantum computations are built on a foundation of two basic tasks: preserving logical observables through time and moving logical observables through space. Memory experiments, which check how well logical observables are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-24 Craig Gidney

We study stabilizer quantum error correcting codes (QECC) generated under hybrid dynamics of local Clifford unitaries and local Pauli measurements in one dimension. Building upon 1) a general formula relating the error-susceptibility of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-25 Yaodong Li , Matthew P. A. Fisher

This paper explores the connection between causality and many-body dynamics by studying the algebraic structure of tri-partite unitaries ('walls') which permanently arrest local operator spreading in their time-periodic evolution. We show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-09 Marcell D. Kovács , Christopher J. Turner , Lluís Masanes

We conjecture analytic expressions for the non-local magic of bipartite pure qudit states of prime local dimension. Our construction relies on the Schmidt-aligned state attaining the minimum over local unitaries, a hypothesis that we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Giorgio Busoni , John Gargalionis , Ewan N. V. Wallace , Martin J. White

Quantum error correction is believed to be essential for scalable quantum computation, but its implementation is challenging due to its considerable space-time overhead. Motivated by recent experiments demonstrating efficient manipulation…

Active quantum error correction using qubit stabilizer codes has emerged as a promising, but experimentally challenging, engineering program for building a universal quantum computer. In this review we consider the formalism of qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-13 Barbara M. Terhal

We introduce a model of non-unitary quantum dynamics that exhibits infinitely long-lived discrete spatiotemporal order robust against any unitary or dissipative perturbation. Ergodicity is evaded by combining a sequence of projective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-31 Max McGinley , Sthitadhi Roy , S. A. Parameswaran

Magic states are essential yet resource-intensive components for realizing universal fault-tolerant quantum computation. Preparing magic states within emerging quantum low-density parity-check (qLDPC) codes poses additional challenges, due…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 Guo Zhang , Yuanye Zhu , Xiao Yuan , Ying Li

It is important for performance studies in quantum technologies to analyze quantum circuits in the presence of noise. We introduce an error probability tensor, a tool to track generalized Pauli error statistics of qudits within quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-21 Daniel Miller , Timo Holz , Hermann Kampermann , Dagmar Bruß

By constructing the quantum state in high-dimensional probability tensor, we find the quantum magic square(QMS) may stand as an ideal means of characterizing the non-local phenomena, i.e. the separability, entanglement, two/one-way…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Jun-Li Li , Cong-Feng Qiao

Understanding how entanglement can be reduced through simple operations is crucial for both classical and quantum algorithms. We investigate the entanglement properties of lattice models hosting conformal field theories cooled via local…

A variety of tasks in quantum control, ranging from purification and cooling, to quantum stabilization and open-system simulation, rely on the ability to implement a target quantum channel over a specified time interval within prescribed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-29 Francesco Ticozzi , Lorenza Viola

A standard approach to quantum computing is based on the idea of promoting a classically simulable and fault-tolerant set of operations to a universal set by the addition of `magic' quantum states. In this context, we develop a general…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-12 Matteo Lostaglio , Alessandro Ciani

A quantum error correcting code protects encoded logical information against errors. Transversal gates are a naturally fault-tolerant way to manipulate logical qubits but cannot be universal themselves. Protocols such as magic state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Eric Huang , Pierre-Gabriel Rozon , Arpit Dua , Sarang Gopalakrishnan , Michael J. Gullans

Magic states are essential for universal quantum computation and are widely viewed as a key source of quantum advantage, yet in realistic devices they are inevitably noisy. In this work, we characterize how noise on injected magic resources…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Jiwon Heo , Sojeong Park , Changhun Oh