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May 26 – 31, 2024
Western University
America/Toronto timezone
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(G) Flying-cat parity checks for quantum error correction and quantum communication

May 27, 2024, 4:45 PM
15m
PAB Rm 150 (cap. 48) (Physics & Astronomy Bldg., Western U.)

PAB Rm 150 (cap. 48)

Physics & Astronomy Bldg., Western U.

Oral not-in-competition (Graduate Student) / Orale non-compétitive (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle) Division for Quantum Information / Division de l'information quantique (DQI / DIQ) (DQI) M3-9 Quantum Error Correction | Correction des erreurs quantiques (DIQ)

Speaker

Zoé McIntyre

Description

Multi-qubit parity checks are a crucial requirement for many quantum error-correcting codes. Long-range parity checks compatible with a modular architecture would help alleviate qubit connectivity requirements as quantum devices scale to larger sizes. In this work, we consider an architecture where physical (code) qubits are encoded in stationary degrees of freedom and parity checks are performed using state-selective phase shifts on propagating light pulses, described by coherent states of the electromagnetic field. We optimize the tradeoff between measurement errors, which decrease with measurement strength (set by the average number of photons in the coherent state), and the errors on code qubits arising due to photon loss during the parity check, which increase with measurement strength. We also discuss the use of these parity checks for the measurement-based preparation of entangled states of distant qubits. In particular, we show how a six-qubit entangled state can be prepared using three-qubit parity checks. This state can be used as a channel for controlled quantum teleportation of a two-qubit state, or as a source of shared randomness with potential applications in three-party quantum key distribution.

Keyword-1 Distributed quantum computing
Keyword-2 Quantum networks

Primary authors

Bill Coish (Department of Physics, McGill University) Zoé McIntyre

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