<p>Quantum error correction will be essential for quantum computers to realise their full potential. As quantum computers advance towards demonstrating a universal fault-tolerant logical gate set, implementing scalable and low-latency real-time decoding will be crucial to avoid an exponential slowdown and maintain a fast logical clock rate. Here, we demonstrate low-latency feedback with a scalable FPGA decoder integrated into the control system of a superconducting quantum processor. We perform an 8-qubit stability experiment with up to 25 decoding rounds and a sub-microsecond mean decoding time per round, providing strong evidence that the backlog problem will be avoided when the decoder is operated as a streaming decoder on a superconducting hardware with the strictest speed requirements. We observe logical error suppression as the number of decoding rounds is increased. We also implement and time a fast-feedback experiment demonstrating a decoding response time of 9.6 <i>μ</i>s for a total of 9 measurement rounds.</p>

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Demonstrating real-time and low-latency quantum error correction with superconducting qubits

  • Laura Caune,
  • Luka Skoric,
  • Nick S. Blunt,
  • Archibald Ruban,
  • Jimmy McDaniel,
  • Joseph A. Valery,
  • Andrew D. Patterson,
  • Alexander V. Gramolin,
  • Joonas Majaniemi,
  • Kenton M. Barnes,
  • Tomasz Bialas,
  • Okan Buğdaycı,
  • Ophelia Crawford,
  • György P. Gehér,
  • Hari Krovi,
  • Elisha Matekole,
  • Canberk Topal,
  • Stefano Poletto,
  • Michael Bryant,
  • Kalan Snyder,
  • Neil I. Gillespie,
  • Glenn Jones,
  • Kauser Johar,
  • Earl T. Campbell,
  • Alexander D. Hill

摘要

Quantum error correction will be essential for quantum computers to realise their full potential. As quantum computers advance towards demonstrating a universal fault-tolerant logical gate set, implementing scalable and low-latency real-time decoding will be crucial to avoid an exponential slowdown and maintain a fast logical clock rate. Here, we demonstrate low-latency feedback with a scalable FPGA decoder integrated into the control system of a superconducting quantum processor. We perform an 8-qubit stability experiment with up to 25 decoding rounds and a sub-microsecond mean decoding time per round, providing strong evidence that the backlog problem will be avoided when the decoder is operated as a streaming decoder on a superconducting hardware with the strictest speed requirements. We observe logical error suppression as the number of decoding rounds is increased. We also implement and time a fast-feedback experiment demonstrating a decoding response time of 9.6 μs for a total of 9 measurement rounds.