Testing a quantum error-correcting code on various platforms

• Published in: Science bulletin (Beijing) Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 29 - 35
• Main Authors: Guo, Qihao, Zhao, Yuan-Yuan, Grassl, Markus, Nie, Xinfang, Xiang, Guo-Yong, Xin, Tao, Yin, Zhang-Qi, Zeng, Bei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15-01-2021
• Subjects: NMR system; Optical platform; Quantum computation; Quantum error correction; Superconducting circuit; Quantum computation; Superconducting circuit; Optical platform; NMR system; Quantum error correction
• ISSN: 2095-9273
• DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.07.033

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Quantum error correction plays an important role in fault-tolerant quantum information processing. It is usually difficult to experimentally realize quantum error correction, as it requires multiple qubits and quantum gates with high fidelity. Here we propose a simple quantum error-correcting code for the detected amplitude damping channel. The code requires only two qubits. We implement the encoding, the channel, and the recovery on an optical platform, the IBM Q System, and a nuclear magnetic resonance system. For all of these systems, the error correction advantage appears when the damping rate exceeds some threshold. We compare the features of these quantum information processing systems used and demonstrate the advantage of quantum error correction on current quantum computing platforms.