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Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold
primary paper2025
Why this source is here
Experimental report of below-threshold surface-code memories; it does not demonstrate a general-purpose fault-tolerant computer.
- Authors
- Google Quantum AI and collaborators
- Identifier
- DOI:10.1038/s41586-024-08449-y
Claims citing this source · 2
- qc-004
Quantum error correction protects logical quantum information by distributing it across multiple physical qubits and repeatedly extracting error information.
- qc-005
Below-threshold surface-code memory performance has been experimentally reported, but it is not yet a demonstration of general-purpose fault-tolerant quantum computing.