Composable logical gate error in approximate quantum error correction: reexamining gate implementations in Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill codes
A new arXiv preprint defines a single scalar measure, the composable logical gate error, for assessing how accurately logical operations perform in approximate quantum error correction. The metric captures deviation from the intended logical action and is used to reexamine gate implementations in Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill codes.
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If adopted by the QEC research community, this composable error metric could become a standard way to compare and optimize GKP gate implementations across different bosonic hardware platforms within two years.
The metric's scalar and composable nature makes it suited for integration into numerical simulations and error budgeting, allowing experimental groups working on superconducting cavities or trapped-ion GKP qubits to benchmark trade-offs among physical operations without bespoke per-gate analyses.
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