Surface codes, quantum circuits, and entanglement phases

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.08084v2
• Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 16:30:30 GMT
• Title: Surface codes, quantum circuits, and entanglement phases
• Authors: Jan Behrends, Florian Venn, Benjamin B\'eri
• Abstract summary: We map 2D surface codes under a class of incoherent or coherent errors. We find a topologically non-trivial threshold for incoherent errors and logarithmic coherent error. Results can be generalized to other fermionic circuits and may be independent interest.
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• Abstract: Surface codes$\unicode{x2014}$leading candidates for quantum error correction (QEC)$\unicode{x2014}$and entanglement phases$\unicode{x2014}$a key notion for many-body quantum dynamics$\unicode{x2014}$have heretofore been unrelated. Here, we establish a link between the two. We map two-dimensional (2D) surface codes under a class of incoherent or coherent errors (bit flips or uniaxial rotations) to $(1+1)$D free-fermion quantum circuits via Ising models. We show that the error-correcting phase implies a topologically nontrivial area law for the circuit's 1D long-time state $|\Psi_\infty\rangle$. Above the error threshold, we find a topologically trivial area law for incoherent errors and logarithmic entanglement in the coherent case. In establishing our results, we formulate 1D parent Hamiltonians for $|\Psi_\infty\rangle$ via linking Ising models and 2D scattering networks, the latter displaying respective insulating and metallic phases and setting the 1D fermion gap and topology via their localization length and topological invariant. We expect our results to generalize to a duality between the error-correcting phase of ($d+1$)D topological codes and $d$-dimensional area laws; this can facilitate assessing code performance under various errors. The approach of combining Ising models, scattering networks, and parent Hamiltonians can be generalized to other fermionic circuits and may be of independent interest.

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