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Quantum Computer Solutions

01 /How to build a qubit 02 /Spin qubits (beginner level) 03 /Operations on spin qubits (beginner level) 04 /Electron spin qubits 05 /Capturing a single electron 06 /Quantum dot qubits 07 /Quantum control and readout 08 /Qubit errors 09 /NV center qubits 10 /Operations on NV center qubits 11 /The Transmon Qubit - A basis for the Quantum Computer 12 /Operations on the Transmon Qubit - Circuit QED 13 /Single-qubit operations on the Transmon qubit 14 /Measurements on the Transmon Qubit 15 /Two-qubit operations on the Transmon qubit 16 /Topological qubits: Anyons 17 /Operations on anyons: Braiding 18 /Operations on anyons: Real-life experiments 19 /Topological quantum computing: Majorana fermions and where to find them 20 /Majorana bound states in superconductors 21 /How do you measure Majorana bound states? 22 /A framework for the future Quantum Computer 23 /The Building Blocks of a Quantum Computer 24 /How to build a Quantum Algorithm - Quantum Circuits 25 /How do you program a quantum algorithm? 26 /The compiler of a quantum computer 27 /Micro-architectures 28 /How do we connect our quantum system to a classical interface? 29 /Assembling a Quantum Processor 30 /Microwave drivers for qubits 31 /Implementation of microwave drivers 32 /Quantum error correction 33 /Surface codes 34 /Fault-tolerant Quantum Error Correction with surface codes

Surface codes

Can you tell why someone would be interested in these kind of codes? 

We have seen n=9 physical qubits have been used to encode 1 logical qubit. This seems like a waste of qubits, but it is not. What is the advantage in the long term?

As it has been mentioned shortly in the video, surface codes are useful to detect errors and correct them. This way, n physical qubits are used to encode k logical qubits that are more robust against errors in the system.

These codes are widely used in superconducting qubits, for example, and varius shapes are implemented.