Quantum-double code[1]
Description
Group-GKP stabilizer code whose codewords realize 2D modular gapped topological order defined by a finite group \(G\). The code's generators are few-body operators associated to the stars and plaquettes, respectively, of a tessellation of a two-dimensional surface (with a qudit of dimension \( |G| \) located at each edge of the tesselation).
The physical Hilbert space has dimension \( |G|^E \), where \( E \) is the number of edges in the tessellation. The dimension of the code space is the number of orbits of the conjugation action of \( G \) on \( \text{Hom}(\pi_1(\Sigma),G) \), the set of group homomorphisms from the fundamental group of the surface \( \Sigma \) into the finite group \( G \) [2]. When \( G \) is Abelian, the formula for the dimension simplifies to \( |G|^{2g} \), where \( g \) is the genus of the surface \( \Sigma \).
The codespace is the ground-state subspace of the quantum double model Hamiltonian. For non-Abelian groups, alternative constructions are possible, encoding information in the fusion space of the low-energy anyonic quasiparticle excitations of the model [3–5]. The fusion space of such non-Abelian anyons has dimension greater than one, allowing for topological quantum computation of logical information stored in the fusion outcomes.
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Parents
- Group GKP code — Quantum-double Hamiltonians can be expressed in terms of \(X\)- and \(Z\)-type operators of group-GKP codes; see [15; Sec. 3.3].
- Twisted quantum double (TQD) code — The anyon theory corresponding to a quantum-double code is a TQD with trivial cocycle. These models realize local topological order (LTO) [16].
Children
- Four group-qudit code — The four group-qudit code is the smallest quantum double code.
- Dihedral \(G=D_m\) quantum-double code
- Abelian quantum-double stabilizer code — The anyon theory corresponding to (Abelian) quantum double codes is defined by an (Abelian) group.
Cousins
- Generalized 2D color code — Generalized color code for group \(G\) on the 4.8.8 lattice is equivalent to a \(G\) quantum double model and another \(G/[G,G]\) quantum double model defined using the Abelianization of \(G\).
- Kitaev surface code — A quantum-double model with \(G=\mathbb{Z}_2\) is the surface code. Non-stabilizer surface-code states can be prepared by augmenting the surface code with a quantum double model [17].
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Page edit log
- Victor V. Albert (2022-06-05) — most recent
- Victor V. Albert (2022-01-03)
- Ian Teixeira (2021-12-19)
Cite as:
“Quantum-double code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2022. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/quantum_double