Bosonic quantum Fourier codes

Anthony Leverrier

doi:10.22331/q-2026-02-09-2000

Bosonic quantum Fourier codes

Inria Paris, France

Published:	2026-02-09, volume 10, page 2000
Editor:	Christos Gagatsos
Eprint:	arXiv:2505.16618v2
Doi:	https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2026-02-09-2000
Citation:	Quantum 10, 2000 (2026).

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Abstract

While 2-level systems, aka qubits, are a natural choice to perform a logical quantum computation, the situation is less clear at the physical level. Encoding information in higher-dimensional physical systems can indeed provide a first level of redundancy and error correction that simplifies the overall fault-tolerant architecture. A challenge then is to ensure universal control over the encoded qubits. Here, we explore an approach where information is encoded in an irreducible representation of a finite subgroup of $U(2)$ through an inverse quantum Fourier transform. We illustrate this idea by applying it to the real Pauli group $\langle X, Z\rangle$ in the bosonic setting. The resulting two-mode Fourier cat code displays good error correction properties and admits an experimentally-friendly universal gate set that we discuss in detail.

Featured image: Entanglement infidelity $1-F_{\mathrm{ent}}$ of cat-type bosonic qubit encodings for the pure-loss channel of parameter $\gamma$, using the Petz recovery map. Shown are the two-mode Fourier cat code (logical qubit with the multiplicity register fixed to $|0\rangle_M$), the 4-legged cat code, the 2-repetition cat code, and the pair-cat code. Left: $1-F_{\mathrm{ent}}$ versus coherent amplitude $\alpha$ at fixed $\gamma=0.01$. Right: $1-F_{\mathrm{ent}}$ versus $\gamma$ using $\alpha=\sqrt{\pi/2}$ for the two-mode Fourier cat and 2-repetition cat codes, and $\alpha$ is chosen to minimize the left-panel infidelity at $\gamma=0.01$ for the 4-legged cat and pair-cat codes. Pair-cat values are evaluated in a truncated two-mode Fock basis with cutoffs chosen to ensure numerical convergence.

► BibTeX data

@article{Leverrier2026bosonicquantum,
  doi = {10.22331/q-2026-02-09-2000},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2026-02-09-2000},
  title = {Bosonic quantum {F}ourier codes},
  author = {Leverrier, Anthony},
  journal = {{Quantum}},
  issn = {2521-327X},
  publisher = {{Verein zur F{\"{o}}rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften}},
  volume = {10},
  pages = {2000},
  month = feb,
  year = {2026}
}

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