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Iterative Decoding of Stabilizer Codes under Radiation-Induced Correlated Noise

Anuj K. Nayak, Paul G. Baity, Peter J. Love, Nicholas Jeon, Byung-Jun Yoon, Adolfy Hoisie, Lav R. Varshney

Year

2026

Journal

arXiv preprint

DOI

arXiv:2603.18231

arXiv

2603.18231

Fault-tolerant quantum computation demands extremely low logical error rates, yet superconducting qubit arrays are subject to radiation-induced correlated noise arising from cosmic-ray muon-generated quasiparticles. The quasiparticle density is unknown and time-varying, resulting in a mismatch between the true noise statistics and the priors assumed by standard decoders, and consequently, degraded logical performance. We formalize joint noise sensing and decoding using syndrome measurements by modeling the QP density as a latent variable, which governs correlation in physical errors and syndrome measurements. Starting from a variational expectation--maximization approach, we derive an iterative algorithm that alternates between QP density estimation and syndrome-based decoding under the updated noise model. Simulations of surface-code and bivariate bicycle quantum memory under radiation-induced correlated noise demonstrate a measurable reduction in logical error probability relative to baseline decoding with a uniform prior. Beyond improved decoding performance, the inferred QP density provides diagnostic information relevant to device characterization, shielding, and chip design. These results indicate that integrating physical noise estimation into decoding can mitigate correlated noise effects and relax effective error-rate requirements for fault-tolerant quantum computation.

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Implementing arbitrary phase gates with Ising anyons.

Bonderson P, Clarke DJ, Nayak C, Shtengel K.

Year

2010

Journal

Phys Rev Lett

DOI

10.1103/physrevlett.104.180505

arXiv

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