Hierarchical Quantum Error Correction with Hypergraph Product Code and Rotated Surface Code
Researchers propose a hierarchical quantum error correction scheme that concatenates hypergraph product codes as an outer layer with rotated surface codes as an inner layer. The design is compatible with quantum processors limited to nearest-neighbor interactions. The outer code uses (3,4)-random HGP codes, which are known for their constant encoding rate.
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This hierarchical scheme could become a benchmark for fault-tolerant circuit simulations on nearest-neighbor hardware, guiding which code families to prioritize for early logical qubit demonstrations.
HGP codes offer constant encoding rate, addressing qubit overhead, while rotated surface codes suit planar nearest-neighbor connectivity. The near-term step is numerical simulation and resource estimation against standard surface code baselines, which is feasible with existing classical tools.
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