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This article is primarily about quantum error correction, specifically fault-tolerant magic-state preparation in a [[21,3,5]] high-rate code, so it passes the topic gate. Among the categories, Quantum Computing fits best, since the work concerns building blocks for universal fault-tolerant quantum computation rather than communications or security. For readers, the key point is that the proposed two-layer verification catches error patterns a single collective check misses, but the evidence is circuit-level simulation only, so claims about practical resource savings remain to be validated on hardware.
Two-Layer Verification for Fault-Tolerant Magic-State Preparation in High-Rate Quantum Codes
arXiv:2610.32267v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Encoded magic states are essential for universal fault-tolerant quantum computation, but their resource-efficient preparation in high-rate quantum codes remains challenging. To address this limitation, we propose two-layer verification, which combines local verification of independently prepared subblocks with logical verification after their embedding into a target code. This hierarchy detects harmful error patterns, including even-parity logical-eigenvalue flips that are invisible to a collective product check alone. We demonstrate this scheme for a $[[21,3,5]]$ code by constructing a circuit that embeds three verified seven-qubit Steane-code magic states into the target code. Circuit-level simulations of $T$- and $S$-state preparation show logical-error suppression consistent with the code distance. These results demonstrate the potential of two-layer verification as a design principle for reliable magic-state preparation in quantum codes encoding multiple logical qubits.
Abstract:Encoded magic states are essential for universal fault-tolerant quantum computation, but their resource-efficient preparation in high-rate quantum codes remains challenging. To address this limitation, we propose two-layer verification, which combines local verification of independently prepared subblocks with logical verification after their embedding into a target code. This hierarchy detects harmful error patterns, including even-parity logical-eigenvalue flips that are invisible to a collective product check alone. We demonstrate this scheme for a $[[21,3,5]]$ code by constructing a circuit that embeds three verified seven-qubit Steane-code magic states into the target code. Circuit-level simulations of $T$- and $S$-state preparation show logical-error suppression consistent with the code distance. These results demonstrate the potential of two-layer verification as a design principle for reliable magic-state preparation in quantum codes encoding multiple logical qubits.
arXiv:2610.32267 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2610.32267v1 [quant-ph] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.32267 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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