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Error-structure-tailored early fault-tolerant quantum computing

Pei Zeng, Guo Zheng, Qian Xu, Liang Jiang
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Researchers from the University of Chicago and Yale propose a novel fault-tolerant quantum computing framework that bypasses the Eastin-Knill theorem’s limitations by tailoring error correction to specific noise structures. Their method enables 1-fault-tolerant continuous-angle rotation gates via dispersive-coupling Hamiltonians, eliminating the need for T-gate compilation and magic state distillation—reducing spacetime overhead by up to 1,337x. For small rotation angles (|φ|≈10⁻³), the technique suppresses gate errors to 91|φ|p² with current hardware (p=10⁻³), allowing over 10⁷ reliable rotations—critical for near-term quantum algorithms. The approach uses nearest-neighbor interactions and integrates with small-angle-state preparation, simplifying hardware requirements while maintaining fault tolerance. Comparative analysis shows 43.6x lower resource costs than magic state cultivation for Heisenberg Hamiltonian simulations, offering a scalable path for early fault-tolerant quantum computing.
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2511.19983 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 25 Nov 2025] Title:Error-structure-tailored early fault-tolerant quantum computing Authors:Pei Zeng, Guo Zheng, Qian Xu, Liang Jiang View a PDF of the paper titled Error-structure-tailored early fault-tolerant quantum computing, by Pei Zeng and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Fault tolerance is widely regarded as indispensable for achieving scalable and reliable quantum computing. However, the spacetime overhead required for fault-tolerant quantum computating remains prohibitively large. A critical challenge arises in many quantum algorithms with Clifford + $\varphi$ compiling, where logical rotation gates $R_{Z_L}(\varphi)$ serve as essential components. The Eastin-Knill theorem prevents their transversal implementation in quantum error correction codes and necessitating resource-intensive workarounds through T-gate compilation combined with magic state distillation and injection. In this work, we consider error-structure-tailored fault tolerance, where fault-tolerance conditions are analyzed by combining perturbative analysis of realistic dissipative noise processes with the structural properties of stabilizer codes. Based on this framework, we design 1-fault-tolerant continuous-angle rotation gates in stabilizer codes, implemented via dispersive-coupling Hamiltonians. Our approach could circumvent the need for T-gate compilation and distillation, offering a hardware-efficient solution that maintains simplicity, minimizes physical footprint, and requires only nearest-neighbor interactions. Integrating with recent small-angle-state preparation techniques, we can suppress the gate error to $91|\varphi| p^2$ for small rotation angle (where p denotes the physical error rate). For current achievable hardware parameters ($p=10^{-3}$), this enables reliable execution of over $10^7$ small-angle rotations when $|\varphi|\approx 10^{-3}$, meeting the requirements of many near-term quantum applications. Compared to the 15-to-1 magic state distillation and magic state cultivation approaches, our method reduces spacetime resource costs by factors of 1337.5 and 43.6, respectively, for a Heisenberg Hamiltonian simulation task under realistic hardware assumptions. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2511.19983 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2511.19983v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.19983 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Pei Zeng [view email] [v1] Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:51:46 UTC (1,207 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Error-structure-tailored early fault-tolerant quantum computing, by Pei Zeng and 2 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2025-11 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) Links to Code Toggle Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)

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