Almost any quantum spin system with short-range interactions can support toric codes

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Inspired by Kitaev's argument that physical error correction is possible in a system of interacting anyons, we demonstrate that such "self-correction" is fairly common in spin systems with classical Hamiltonians that admit the Peierls argument and where errors are modelled by quantum perturbations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)153-157
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume294
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 25 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Perturbation theory
  • Physical error correction
  • Quantum error correction
  • Quantum spin systems
  • Statistical mechanics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Almost any quantum spin system with short-range interactions can support toric codes'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this