Generalizing Pauli Checks for Qudit-based Quantum Error Detection and Mitigation
A preprint on arXiv generalizes Pauli checks to qudit systems, extending quantum error detection and mitigation techniques beyond qubit-based Pauli frames. The work proposes a framework for constructing and applying qudit stabilizer checks in higher-dimensional quantum states.
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If qudit processors such as trapped-ion or photonic systems can implement the generalized Pauli checks, they could adopt error detection and mitigation schemes without requiring full fault-tolerant encodings, improving near-term qudit computation.
Existing qudit hardware has demonstrated high-dimensional state control, and this framework supplies the missing theoretical checks, but experimental validation is still absent.
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