Quantum error correction is a technique that enhances a system’s ability to combat noise by encoding logical information into additional quantum bits,which plays a key role in building practical quantum computers.The...Quantum error correction is a technique that enhances a system’s ability to combat noise by encoding logical information into additional quantum bits,which plays a key role in building practical quantum computers.The XZZX surface code,with only one stabilizer generator on each face,demonstrates significant application potential under biased noise.However,the existing minimum weight perfect matching(MWPM)algorithm has high computational complexity and lacks flexibility in large-scale systems.Therefore,this paper proposes a decoding method that combines graph neural networks(GNN)with multi-classifiers,the syndrome is transformed into an undirected graph,and the features are aggregated by convolutional layers,providing a more efficient and accurate decoding strategy.In the experiments,we evaluated the performance of the XZZX code under different biased noise conditions(bias=1,20,200)and different code distances(d=3,5,7,9,11).The experimental results show that under low bias noise(bias=1),the GNN decoder achieves a threshold of 0.18386,an improvement of approximately 19.12%compared to the MWPM decoder.Under high bias noise(bias=200),the GNN decoder reaches a threshold of 0.40542,improving by approximately 20.76%,overcoming the limitations of the conventional decoder.They demonstrate that the GNN decoding method exhibits superior performance and has broad application potential in the error correction of XZZX code.展开更多
Quantum error-correction codes are immeasurable resources for quantum computing and quantum communication.However,the existing decoders are generally incapable of checking node duplication of belief propagation(BP)on ...Quantum error-correction codes are immeasurable resources for quantum computing and quantum communication.However,the existing decoders are generally incapable of checking node duplication of belief propagation(BP)on quantum low-density parity check(QLDPC)codes.Based on the probability theory in the machine learning,mathematical statistics and topological structure,a GF(4)(the Galois field is abbreviated as GF)augmented model BP decoder with Tanner graph is designed.The problem of repeated check nodes can be solved by this decoder.In simulation,when the random perturbation strength p=0.0115-0.0116 and number of attempts N=60-70,the highest decoding efficiency of the augmented model BP decoder is obtained,and the low-loss frame error rate(FER)decreases to 7.1975×10^(-5).Hence,we design a novel augmented model decoder to compare the relationship between GF(2)and GF(4)for quantum code[[450,200]]on the depolarization channel.It can be verified that the proposed decoder provides the widely application range,and the decoding performance is better in QLDPC codes.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(Grant No.ZR2021MF049)the Joint Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(Grant Nos.ZR2022LL.Z012 and ZR2021LLZ001)the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province,China(Grant No.2023CXGC010901).
文摘Quantum error correction is a technique that enhances a system’s ability to combat noise by encoding logical information into additional quantum bits,which plays a key role in building practical quantum computers.The XZZX surface code,with only one stabilizer generator on each face,demonstrates significant application potential under biased noise.However,the existing minimum weight perfect matching(MWPM)algorithm has high computational complexity and lacks flexibility in large-scale systems.Therefore,this paper proposes a decoding method that combines graph neural networks(GNN)with multi-classifiers,the syndrome is transformed into an undirected graph,and the features are aggregated by convolutional layers,providing a more efficient and accurate decoding strategy.In the experiments,we evaluated the performance of the XZZX code under different biased noise conditions(bias=1,20,200)and different code distances(d=3,5,7,9,11).The experimental results show that under low bias noise(bias=1),the GNN decoder achieves a threshold of 0.18386,an improvement of approximately 19.12%compared to the MWPM decoder.Under high bias noise(bias=200),the GNN decoder reaches a threshold of 0.40542,improving by approximately 20.76%,overcoming the limitations of the conventional decoder.They demonstrate that the GNN decoding method exhibits superior performance and has broad application potential in the error correction of XZZX code.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11975132 and 61772295)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(Grant No.ZR2019YQ01)the Higher Education Science and Technology Program of Shandong Province,China(Grant No.J18KZ012).
文摘Quantum error-correction codes are immeasurable resources for quantum computing and quantum communication.However,the existing decoders are generally incapable of checking node duplication of belief propagation(BP)on quantum low-density parity check(QLDPC)codes.Based on the probability theory in the machine learning,mathematical statistics and topological structure,a GF(4)(the Galois field is abbreviated as GF)augmented model BP decoder with Tanner graph is designed.The problem of repeated check nodes can be solved by this decoder.In simulation,when the random perturbation strength p=0.0115-0.0116 and number of attempts N=60-70,the highest decoding efficiency of the augmented model BP decoder is obtained,and the low-loss frame error rate(FER)decreases to 7.1975×10^(-5).Hence,we design a novel augmented model decoder to compare the relationship between GF(2)and GF(4)for quantum code[[450,200]]on the depolarization channel.It can be verified that the proposed decoder provides the widely application range,and the decoding performance is better in QLDPC codes.
