What Must a Quantum-Memory Decoder Know About Temporally Correlated Noise?
A new arXiv preprint examines what a decoder in a quantum error-correction experiment must learn about noise that is correlated over time, in the setting of fixed stabilizer memory experiments with a known system-environment interaction. It casts calibration in terms of the fidelity differences that determine which Pauli correction is applied, and asks what information is missing and what that costs.
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The work could give near-term quantum memory experiments a target for how much correlated-noise calibration data is enough, letting teams avoid over-characterizing their noise before running decoding tests.
If the missing-information cost can be translated into an experimental sampling budget, stability experiments on superconducting or trapped-ion platforms could use it to set calibration stopping points; those platforms already log noise data over time and are actively testing small quantum memories.
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