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Theory of fault-tolerant quantum computation

Journal Article · · Physical Review A
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  1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
In order to use quantum error-correcting codes to improve the performance of a quantum computer, it is necessary to be able to perform operations fault-tolerantly on encoded states. I present a theory of fault-tolerant operations on stabilizer codes based on symmetries of the code stabilizer. This allows a straightforward determination of which operations can be performed fault-tolerantly on a given code. I demonstrate that fault-tolerant universal computation is possible for any stabilizer code. I discuss a number of examples in more detail, including the five-quantum-bit code. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
565823
Journal Information:
Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 57; ISSN PLRAAN; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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