Surface Code Error Correction with Crosstalk Noise

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04642v2
• Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:17:40 GMT
• Title: Surface Code Error Correction with Crosstalk Noise
• Abstract summary: We study various types of crosstalk noise and quantify their effects on surface codes through memory and stability experiments.<n>We introduce crosstalk-robust implementations of QEC via flag qubit designs and redundant stabilizer checks.<n>Together, our analytical and numerical results shed light on designing QEC codes that are robust against hardware realistic crosstalk noise.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The design and performance analysis of quantum error correction (QEC) codes are often based on incoherent and independent noise models since it is easy to simulate. However, these models fail to capture realistic hardware noise sources, such as correlated errors (crosstalk), which can significantly impact QEC code performance, especially when they occur between data and ancillary qubits. In this paper, we systematically study various types of crosstalk noise and quantify their effects on surface codes through memory and stability experiments. Based on our findings, we introduce crosstalk-robust implementations of QEC via flag qubit designs and redundant stabilizer checks. We perform both numerical and analytical studies to demonstrate the efficacy of these strategies. In addition, we analyze logical crosstalk in an $[[n,k>1,d]]$ code block and establish analytical conditions under which physical crosstalk does not lead to logical crosstalk. Together, our analytical and numerical results shed light on designing QEC codes that are robust against hardware realistic crosstalk noise, paving the way for reliable experimental realization of fault-tolerant quantum computing.

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