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Title: Quantum Error Correction with Metastable States of Trapped Ions Using Erasure Conversion
Erasures, or errors with known locations, are a more favorable type of error for quantum error-correcting codes than Pauli errors. Converting physical noise into erasures can significantly improve the performance of quantum error correction. Here, we apply the idea of performing erasure conversion by encoding qubits into metastable atomic states, proposed by Wu, Kolkowitz, Puri, and Thompson [Nat. Comm. 13, 4657 (2022)], to trapped ions. We suggest an erasure-conversion scheme for metastable trapped-ion qubits and develop a detailed model of various types of errors. We then compare the logical performance of ground and metastable qubits on the surface code under various physical constraints and conclude that metastable qubits may outperform ground qubits when the achievable laser power is higher for metastable qubits.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2120757 2016245 2207985
PAR ID:
10505850
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
American Physical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
PRX Quantum
Volume:
4
Issue:
2
ISSN:
2691-3399
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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