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Universal Weakly Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation via Code Switching in the [[8,3,2]] Code

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Authors: Shixin Wu, Dawei Zhong, Todd A. Brun, Daniel A. Lidar

Year

2026

Paper ID

30747

Status

Preprint

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136

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Abstract

Code-switching offers a route to universal, fault-tolerant quantum computation by circumventing the limitation implied by the Eastin-Knill theorem against a universal transversal gate set within a single quantum code. Here, we present a fault-tolerant code-switching protocol between two versions of the $[[8, 3, 2]]$ code. One version supports weakly fault-tolerant single-qubit Clifford gates, while the other supports a logical $\overline{\mathrm{CCZ}}$ gate via transversal $T/T^\dagger$ together with logical $\overline{\mathrm{CZ}}$, $\overline{\mathrm{CNOT}}$, and $\overline{\mathrm{SWAP}}$ gates. Because both codes have distance 2, the protocol operates in a postselected, error-detecting regime: single faults lead to detectable outcomes, and accepted runs exhibit quadratic suppression of logical error rates. This yields a universal scheme for postselected fault-tolerant computation. We validate the protocol numerically through simulations of state preparation, code switching, and a three-logical-qubit implementation of Grover's search.

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