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Squeezed-vacuum bosonic codes

Nir Gutman, Eliya Blumenthal, Shay Hacohen-Gourgy, Ariel Orda, Ido Kaminer
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Researchers from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology introduced a novel family of bosonic quantum error-correcting codes using rotation-symmetric superpositions of squeezed vacuum states, offering simultaneous protection against photon loss and dephasing noise. The codes leverage evenly spaced phase-space angles and photon-number parity constraints (n ≡ 2k mod 2m), with performance scaling via the "m-legged" parameter—higher m improves loss tolerance but increases dephasing sensitivity, as benchmarked against cat codes. Preparation circuits include a two-legged version using Hadamard-conditional-squeezing sequences on an ancilla qubit, while general m-legged codes employ conditional rotation sequences, simplifying hardware implementation. Evaluations using Knill-Laflamme violation functions confirm robustness, with circuit QED and trapped-ion platforms identified as viable candidates due to their advanced Gaussian operations and conditional controls. This work positions squeezed-vacuum codes as practical, near-term alternatives within the bosonic code class, bridging theoretical advantages with experimental feasibility in existing quantum hardware.
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2511.06108 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 8 Nov 2025] Title:Squeezed-vacuum bosonic codes Authors:Nir Gutman, Eliya Blumenthal, Shay Hacohen-Gourgy, Ariel Orda, Ido Kaminer View a PDF of the paper titled Squeezed-vacuum bosonic codes, by Nir Gutman and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:We introduce a family of bosonic quantum error-correcting codes built as a rotation-symmetric superposition of squeezed vacuum states, which promise protection against both loss and dephasing noise channels. The robustness of these "squeezed-vacuum codes" arises from being arranged at evenly spaced angles in phase-space, and simultaneously in evenly spaced photon-number support $n \equiv {2k} \! \pmod {2m}$. We present simple preparation circuits: a two-legged code using a Hadamard-conditional-squeezing-Hadamard sequence on an ancilla qubit, and for general "$m$-legged" codewords using sequences of conditional rotations. The performance of these codes is evaluated against loss and dephasing noises using the Knill-Laflamme violation function and benchmarked against cat codes. As the number $m$ of squeezed-vacuum states in a code increases, the code exhibits improved loss tolerance at the cost of higher dephasing sensitivity. We outline implementations in circuit QED and trapped-ion platforms, where high-fidelity Gaussian operations and conditional controls are available or under active development. These results help establish squeezed-vacuum codes as practical, hardware-ready, members of the bosonic codes class. Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2511.06108 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2511.06108v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.06108 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Ido Kaminer [view email] [v1] Sat, 8 Nov 2025 19:21:00 UTC (85,308 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Squeezed-vacuum bosonic codes, by Nir Gutman and 4 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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