Toric-boson model: Toward a topological quantum memory at finite temperature

We discuss the existence of stable topological quantum memory at finite temperature. At stake here is the fundamental question of whether it is, in principle, possible to store quantum information for macroscopic times without the intervention from the external world, that is, without error correcti...

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Main Authors: Hamma, Alioscia, Castelnovo, Claudio, Chamon, Claudio
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51820