2025/10/22 by Shruti Shirol, Shirol, Shruti, Sean van Geldern +5
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Dissipative system #Error detection and correction #Photon #Quantum #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum computer #Quantum error correction #Quantum information #Quantum optics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Quantum sensor #Qubit #Realization (probability) #Superposition principle #Transmon
paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.1103/nvbm-97vs
published in Physical Review X 16(2) (American Physical Society)
openalex publication_date 2026/03/03 · openalex created_date 2026/03/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
Physical qubits in a quantum computer are often represented by superposition states of single particles or excitations. Decay of the excitation itself is a fundamental error channel that is difficult to overcome via external drive or control techniques. Quantum error correcting codes, which encode information in superpositions involving multiple excitations, provide a path to preserve information beyond the capacity of individual excitations, but typically require exquisite active operations on the system. Here, we demonstrate a steady-state driven-dissipative quantum system, composed of a superconducting cavity and a transmon ancilla, that preserves a logical qubit beyond the photon-lifetime limit by about 5% using a binomial encoding. This realization of continuous quantum error correction at the breakeven point highlights the quantitative competitiveness of passive correction strategies, while circumventing some demanding hardware requirements of its active counterparts.