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Stabilizer codes of less than two dimensions have constant distance

Quantum Physics 2025-03-25 v1

Abstract

The surface code is a two-dimensional stabiliser code with parameters [[n,1,Θ(n)]][[n,1,\Theta(\sqrt{n})]]. To this day, no stabiliser code with growing distance is know to live in less than two dimensions. In this note we show that no such code can exist.

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@article{arxiv.2503.17655,
  title  = {Stabilizer codes of less than two dimensions have constant distance},
  author = {Nouédyn Baspin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.17655},
  year   = {2025}
}
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