journal article·2021-03-24Open access

Statistical mechanics of quantum error correcting codes

Yaodong Li, Matthew P. A. Fisher

Physical Review B· Volume 103· Issue 10

Abstract

Random quantum dynamics generates quantum error correcting codes that are robust against observers and errors. Here, the authors describe a simple physical picture of such codes, mapping characteristic code properties to the statistical mechanics of fluctuating ``entanglement domain walls''. The error correcting criterion is understood as a decoupling condition of domain walls, which leads to a universal scaling law of the ``code distance''.
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OpenAlex topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum many-body systems · Quantum Information and Cryptography

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Affiliations

Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA

Funding

Heising-Simons Foundation · Simons Foundation · National Science Foundation · Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Harvard University

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