Realistic numerical simulation of a distance-3 surface code implemented on a superconducting chip

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Abstract

The surface code is an appealing candidate for quantum error correction because of its relatively high threshold and the locality of the interactions needed to perform syndrome measurements. In this talk, we study the performance of small surface codes implemented on transmon-based superconducting processors with realistic time-domain numerical simulations. More precisely, we investigate the memory fidelity of a near-term implementation of a distance-3 surface code by characterizing the logical error channel as a function of device parameters. Our analysis focuses on the interplay between the effects of decoherence and spurious cross-Kerr interactions on the error rate of the logical qubit.

*This work was undertaken thanks in part to funding from NSERC, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund and the ARO grant No. W911NF-18-1-0411.

Presenters

  • Agustin Di Paolo

    • Physics, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique and Departement de physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut Quantique and Department de Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique and Departement de Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke

Authors

  • Agustin Di Paolo

    • Physics, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique and Departement de physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut Quantique and Department de Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique and Departement de Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
  • Christian Kraglund Andersen

    • ETH Zurich
  • Ants Remm

    • ETH Zurich
  • Stefania Lazar

    • ETH Zurich
  • Sebastian Krinner

    • ETH Zurich
  • Nathan Lacroix

    • ETH Zurich
  • Christoph Hellings

    • ETH Zurich
  • Francois Swiadek

    • ETH Zurich
  • Graham J. Norris

    • ETH Zurich
  • Johannes Hermann

    • ETH Zurich
  • Mihai Gabureac

    • ETH Zurich
  • Christopher Eichler

    • Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
    • ETH Zurich
    • Princeton University
  • Andreas Wallraff

    • Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
    • ETH Zurich
  • Alexandre Blais

    • Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut Quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke
    • Physics, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Université de Sherbrook
    • Université de Sherbrooke
    • Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique & Departement de Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique and Departement de physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut Quantique and Department de Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique and Departement de Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke