Demonstrating elements of measurement-based quantum error correction

Author(s)
Stefanie Barz, Rui Vasconcelos, Chiara Greganti, Michael Zwerger, Wolfgang Dür, Hans J. Briegel, Philip Walther
Abstract

In measurement-based quantum computing an algorithm is performed by measurements on highly entangled resource states. To date, several implementations were demonstrated, most of them assuming perfect noise-free environments. Here we consider measurement-based information processing in the presence of noise and demonstrate quantum error detection. We implement the protocol using a four-qubit photonic cluster state where we first encode a general qubit nonlocally such that phase errors can be detected. We then read out the error syndrome and analyze the output states after decoding. Our demonstration shows a building block for measurement-based quantum computing which is crucial for realistic scenarios.

Organisation(s)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
Journal
Physical Review A
Volume
90
No. of pages
10
ISSN
1050-2947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.042302
Publication date
10-2014
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103025 Quantum mechanics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/4f4d1954-2f0d-4248-a3f9-4a9a65470bb2