Photonic’s SHYPS Quantum Error Correction Research Published in Nature Communications
Photonic Inc. has published a paper in Nature Communications describing its SHYPS family of quantum error correction codes. The work focuses on quantum low-density parity-check (QLDPC) codes, which reduce the number of physical qubits needed to run a given program and could bring forward the arrival of commercially useful quantum computers.
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Photonic could use SHYPS codes to demonstrate an error-corrected logical qubit on a significantly smaller device than surface-code overhead would require.
QLDPC codes reduce physical qubit overhead; if the SHYPS construction can be compiled to Photonic's spin-photon hardware and a fast decoder is available, a proof-of-principle logical qubit becomes feasible within two years.
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