Quantum Codes for Generalized Amplitude-damping Noise

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15924v1
• Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:33:41 GMT
• Title: Quantum Codes for Generalized Amplitude-damping Noise
• Abstract summary: Quantum error correcting (QEC) plays a crucial role in protecting quantum information against decoherence and enabling scalable, reliable quantum computing.<n>One of the most realistic and ubiquitous sources of noise affecting quantum hardware today is generalized amplitude-damping (GAD) noise.<n>Conventional, deterministic QEC codes struggle to correct for GAD noise because of their inherent structure, leading to fidelity losses that scale linearly with the damping strength.<n>We introduce the framework of probabilistic approximate quantum error correction (PAQEC), that combines the flexibility of approximate QEC with the potential of post-selected recovery, enabling high-fidelity, resource-
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• Abstract: Quantum error correcting (QEC) plays a crucial role in protecting quantum information against decoherence and enabling scalable, reliable quantum computing. One of the most realistic and ubiquitous sources of noise affecting quantum hardware today is generalized amplitude-damping (GAD) noise. Conventional, deterministic QEC codes struggle to correct for GAD noise because of their inherent structure, leading to fidelity losses that scale linearly with the damping strength. In this work, we introduce the framework of probabilistic approximate quantum error correction (PAQEC), that combines the flexibility of approximate QEC with the potential of post-selected recovery, enabling high-fidelity, resource-efficient error correction. We construct a five-qubit permutation-invariant code that, under probabilistic recovery, achieves a fidelity loss quadratic in the damping strength, thus outperforming existing QEC codes. Formulating PAQEC as an optimization problem, we present a numerical technique based on Charnes-Cooper and semidefinite programming to identify the optimal recovery map for any PAQEC code. Our results establish PAQEC as a powerful tool for developing resource-efficient, high-fidelity quantum codes tailored to realistic noise, with promising implications for near-term quantum devices and future fault-tolerant architectures.

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