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Gæsteforelæsning Seminar

25.06.2026   at 13:15 - 14:00

QC Research Seminar: Fancy qLDPC Codes as Descendants of the Toric Code

Speaker: ​Gerard Valentí-Rojas (Atom Computing).

Abstract: Since Kitaev's seminal introduction of the toric code, the search for more efficient quantum error-correcting (QEC) codes has been a central challenge in the quest for fault-tolerant quantum computation. Beyond protecting quantum information from noise, practical QEC codes must also admit efficient real-time decoding and support low space-time volume implementation of logical operations.These requirements have driven the development of increasingly sophisticated code families. In this talk, I will survey a selection of CSS quantum low-density parity-check (qLDPC) codes that can be viewed as natural extensions of the toric code paradigm. By highlighting the underlying ideas that connect these constructions, I will illustrate how many seemingly complex qLDPC codes emerge from relatively simple modifications of the toric-code framework.I will also present recent experimental results obtained at Atom Computing using neutral atoms in optical-tweezer arrays and discuss current perspectives on the implementation of logical gates in these codes.