Almost linear decoder for optimal geometrically local quantum codes

Geometrically local quantum codes, which are error-correction codes embedded in R^{D} with checks acting only on qubits within a fixed spatial distance, have garnered significant interest. Recently, it has been demonstrated how to achieve geometrically local codes that maximize both the dimension an...

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Main Authors: Quinten Eggerickx, Adam Wills, Ting-Chun Lin, Kristiaan De Greve, Min-Hsiu Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2025-06-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/sxdx-qbcz
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Summary:Geometrically local quantum codes, which are error-correction codes embedded in R^{D} with checks acting only on qubits within a fixed spatial distance, have garnered significant interest. Recently, it has been demonstrated how to achieve geometrically local codes that maximize both the dimension and the distance, as well as the energy barrier of the code. In this work, we focus on the constructions involving subdivision, and we show that they have an almost linear time decoder, obtained by combining the decoder of the outer good qLDPC code and a generalized version of the Union-Find decoder. This provides the first decoder for an optimal geometrically local three-dimensional code. We demonstrate the existence of a finite threshold error rate under the code capacity noise model using a minimum weight perfect matching decoder. Furthermore, we argue that this threshold is also applicable to the decoder based on the generalized Union-Find algorithm.
ISSN:2643-1564