Environmental factors – called decoherences – lead to random rotations of the qubits. For example, the central qubit is rotated in the middle figure, representing a quantum error. The task of QEC schemes is to detect and correct such errors so the qubits

Environmental factors – called decoherences – lead to random rotations of the qubits. For example, the central qubit is rotated in the middle figure, representing a quantum error. The task of QEC schemes is to detect and correct such errors so the qubits can be returned to their original states.

Environmental factors – called decoherences – lead to random rotations of the qubits. For example, the central qubit is rotated in the middle figure, representing a quantum error. The task of QEC schemes is to detect and correct such errors so the qubits can be returned to their original states.

Environmental factors – called decoherences – lead to random rotations of the qubits. For example, the central qubit is rotated in the middle figure, representing a quantum error. The task of QEC schemes is to detect and correct such errors so the qubits can be returned to their original states.

Date:
15 September 2022
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Sangkha Borah, OIST

Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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