Concept record · edition 0.1.0
Noise and decoherence
What the term means here
Unwanted interactions, control imperfections, and measurement errors that alter quantum information.
Why it matters
Noise limits circuit depth and makes reliable computation an engineering and theory problem.
Related claims · 1
Sources used here
primary paper · verified
Quantum Computing in the NISQ era and beyond
John Preskill · 2018
Defines the NISQ framing and its limitations.
Source record →primary paper · verified
Surface codes: Towards practical large-scale quantum computation
Austin G. Fowler et al. · 2012
Primary technical overview of surface-code fault tolerance.
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