2016/06/22 by Nicolas Delfosse, Delfosse, Nicolas, Pavithran Iyer +3 · 1 citation
Computer Science · #Coding theory and cryptography #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Information Theory (cs.IT) #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #semigroups and automata theory
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1606.07116
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We consider a notion of relative homology (and cohomology) for surfaces with two types of boundaries. Using this tool, we study a generalization of Kitaev's code based on surfaces with mixed boundaries. This construction includes both Bravyi and Kitaev's and Freedman and Meyer's extension of Kitaev's toric code. We argue that our generalization offers a denser storage of quantum information. In a planar architecture, we obtain a three-fold overhead reduction over the standard architecture consisting of a punctured square lattice.