quantum-error-correction

What is this?

🎯 Simulator Tips

📚 Glossary

LogicalQubit

Error-corrected qubit encoded in multiple physical qubits

PhysicalQubit

Single hardware qubit (subject to errors)

Syndrome

Error signature that doesn't reveal data

Stabilizer

Operator leaving code words unchanged

CodeDistance

Minimum errors to convert one codeword to another

Threshold

Error rate below which QEC improves with scale

SurfaceCode

Leading 2D topological error correcting code

FaultTolerant

Errors don't cascade uncontrollably

MagicState

Special states enabling universal computation

Decoherence

Loss of quantum information to environment

🏆 Key Figures

Peter Shor

First quantum error correcting code (1995)

Andrew Steane

Steane code, CSS codes

Alexei Kitaev

Surface codes, topological approaches

John Preskill

Threshold theorem, NISQ era concept

Barbara Terhal

Topological codes research

💬 Message to Learners

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