On the Logical Error Rate of Sparse Quantum Codes

Author(s)Fuentes, Patricio
Author(s)Martinez, Josu Etxezarreta
Author(s)Crespo, Pedro M.
Author(s)Garcia-Frías, Javier
Date Accessioned2023-03-30T17:32:17Z
Date Available2023-03-30T17:32:17Z
Publication Date2022-08-04
DescriptionThis article was originally published in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/TQE.2022.3196609
AbstractThe quantum paradigm presents a phenomenon known as degeneracy that can potentially improve the performance of quantum error correcting codes. However, the effects of this mechanism are sometimes ignored when evaluating the performance of sparse quantum codes and the logical error rate is not always correctly reported. In this article, we discuss previously existing methods to compute the logical error rate and we present an efficient coset-based method inspired by classical coding strategies to estimate degenerate errors and distinguish them from logical errors. Additionally, we show that the proposed method presents a computational advantage for the family of Calderbank–Shor–Steane codes. We use this method to prove that degenerate errors are frequent in a specific family of sparse quantum codes, which stresses the importance of accurately reporting their performance. Our results also reveal that the modified decoding strategies proposed in the literature are an important tool to improve the performance of sparse quantum codes.
CitationP. Fuentes, J. E. Martinez, P. M. Crespo and J. Garcia-Frías, "On the Logical Error Rate of Sparse Quantum Codes," in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, vol. 3, pp. 1-12, 2022, Art no. 2100312, doi: 10.1109/TQE.2022.3196609.
ISSN2689-1808
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/32602
Languageen_US
PublisherIEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
KeywordsIterative decoding
Keywordsquantum error correction (QEC)
Keywordsquantum low density generator matrix codes
Keywordsquantum low-density parity check (QLDPC) codes
TitleOn the Logical Error Rate of Sparse Quantum Codes
TypeArticle
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