Accelerating the Timeline for Practical QEC With Highly Configurable Control Platforms - part I

While quantum computers have the potential to solve important problems beyond the reach of any classical technology, error rates pose a great challenge towards the realization of a practical machine. Quantum Error Correction (QEC) codes aim to reduce those error rates by encoding quantum information non-locally through the use of multiple physical qubits and are considered today as one of the most promising paths towards fault-tolerant quantum computation. 

In order to cope with those emerging issues, there is a dire need to deploy a flexible control platform, allowing the formulation and execution of QEC, which requires efficient real-time processing and control flow features to push available quantum hardware to its limits.

In this talk, we elaborate on the classical control schemes in QEC and demonstrate how they are concretely implemented on QM’s Quantum Orchestration Platform (QOP) to enhance performance. We show how the technology behind this platform enables fast, flexible design and exploration of QEC protocols while providing unmatched performance. In particular, we discuss novel adaptive error syndrome measurements and repeat until success protocols introduced in recent works and their seamless implementation on the platform.