Fault-tolerant error correction with the gauge color code

Construction of a scalable quantum computer requires error-correcting codes to overcome the errors introduced by noise. Here, the authors develop a decoding algorithm for the gauge color code, and obtain its threshold values when physical errors and measurement faults are included.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benjamin J. Brown, Naomi H. Nickerson, Dan E. Browne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12302