Universal Quantum Computation with Gapped Boundaries

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.119.170504MaRDI QIDQ6289129zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Iris Cong, Meng Cheng, Zhenghan Wang

Publication date 18 July 2017

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.119.170504

Abstract: This Letter discusses topological quantum computation with gapped boundaries of two-dimensional topological phases. Systematic methods are presented to encode quantum information topologically using gapped boundaries, and to perform topologically protected operations on this encoding. In particular, we introduce a new and general computational primitive of topological charge measurement and present a symmetry-protected implementation of this primitive. Throughout the Letter, a concrete physical example, the

m a t h b b Z_{3}

toric code (

m a t h f r a k D (m a t h b b Z_{3})

), is discussed. For this example, we have a qutrit encoding and an abstract universal gate set. Physically, gapped boundaries of

m a t h f r a k D (m a t h b b Z_{3})

can be realized in bilayer fractional quantum Hall

1 / 3

systems. If a practical implementation is found for the required topological charge measurement, these boundaries will give rise to a direct physical realization of a universal quantum computer based on a purely abelian topological phase.

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