On Groups in the Qubit Clifford Hierarchy

DOI10.22331/Q-2024-06-13-1370arXiv2212.05398MaRDI QIDQ6420165FDOQ6420165

Publication date: 10 December 2022

Abstract: Here we study the unitary groups that can be constructed using elements from the qubit Clifford Hierarchy. We first provide a necessary and sufficient canonical form that semi-Clifford and generalized semi-Clifford elements must satisfy to be in the Clifford Hierarchy. Then we classify the groups that can be formed from such elements. Up to Clifford conjugation, we classify all such groups that can be constructed using generalized semi-Clifford elements in the Clifford Hierarchy. We discuss a possible minor exception to this classification in the appendix. This may not be a full classification of all groups in the qubit Clifford Hierarchy as it is not currently known if all elements in the Clifford Hierarchy must be generalized semi-Clifford. In addition to the diagonal gate groups found by Cui et al., we show that many non-isomorphic (to the diagonal gate groups) generalized symmetric groups are also contained in the Clifford Hierarchy. Finally, as an application of this classification, we examine restrictions on transversal gates given by the structure of the groups enumerated herein which may be of independent interest.

This page was built for publication: On Groups in the Qubit Clifford Hierarchy

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6420165)