QECOOL: On-Line Quantum Error Correction with a Superconducting Decoder for Surface Code

Yosuke Ueno, Masaaki Kondo, Masamitsu Tanaka, Yasunari Suzuki, Yutaka Tabuchi

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19 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Due to the low error tolerance of a qubit, detecting and correcting errors on it is essential for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Surface code (SC) associated with its decoding algorithm is one of the most promising quantum error correction (QEC) methods. QEC needs to be very power-efficient since the power budget is limited inside of a dilution refrigerator for superconducting qubits by which one of the most successful quantum computers (QCs) is built. In this paper, we propose an online-QEC algorithm and its hardware implementation with SFQ based superconducting digital circuits. We design a key building block of the proposed hardware with an SFQ cell library and evaluate it by the SPICE-level simulation. Each logic element is composed of about 3000 Josephson junctions and power consumption is about 2.78 μW when operating with 2 GHz clock frequency which meets the required decoding speed. Our decoder is simulated on a quantum error simulator for code distances 5 to 13 and achieves a 1.0% accuracy threshold.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 58th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages451-456
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665432740
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Dec 5
Externally publishedYes
Event58th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC 2021 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 2021 Dec 52021 Dec 9

Publication series

NameProceedings - Design Automation Conference
Volume2021-December
ISSN (Print)0738-100X

Conference

Conference58th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period21/12/521/12/9

Keywords

  • Quantum Error Correction
  • SFQ logic

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Modelling and Simulation

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