Global estimates of errors in quantum computation by the Feynman-Vernon formalism

DOI10.1007/S10955-018-2037-6zbMATH Open1394.81070arXiv1606.09407OpenAlexW2796442650WikidataQ129975751 ScholiaQ129975751MaRDI QIDQ723390FDOQ723390

Erik Aurell

Publication date: 31 July 2018

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The operation of a quantum computer is considered as a general quantum operation on a mixed state on many qubits followed by a measurement. The general quantum operation is further represented as a Feynman-Vernon double path integral over the histories of the qubits and of an environment, and afterward tracing out the environment. The qubit histories are taken to be paths on the two-sphere $S^2$ as in Klauder's coherent-state path integralof spin, and the environment is assumed to consist of harmonic oscillators initially in thermal equilibrium, and linearly coupled to to qubit operators $hat{S}_z$. The environment can then be integrated out to give a Feynman-Vernon influence action coupling the forward and backward histories of the qubits. This representation allows to derive in a simple way estimates that the total error of operation of a quantum computer without error correction scales linearly with the number of qubits and the time of operation. It also allows to discuss Kitaev's toric code interacting with an environment in the same manner.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.09407

zbMATH Keywords

Feynman-Vernon methodnoisy quantum computing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Coherent states (81R30) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Error probability in coding theory (94B70)

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