2011/03/22 by Ben Criger, Criger, Ben, Osama Moussa +3 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1103.4396
10 pages, 15 figures, submitted to PRA
arxiv created 2011/03/22 · openalex publication_date 2011/03/22 · arxiv updated 2011/03/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Methods to control errors will be essential for quantum information processing. It is widely believed that fault-tolerant quantum error correction is the leading contender to achieve this goal. Although the theory of fault-tolerant quantum error correction is very well understood, experimental implementation has been lagging. We study the feasibility of implementing repeated rounds of quantum error correction with refreshed ancillas in solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In particular we study the procedure proposed for extracting entropy that consists of two stages; an error correcting code optimized to function at finite temperature, and an implementation of heat-bath algorithmic cooling to refresh the ancilla qubits. Two algorithms are presented which implement this method, one for performing tests on 4 qubits, the other for practical implementation on 6 qubits. The effects of imperfect implementation are examined in both the error correction and refreshing stages.