diff --git a/src/thesis/chapters/3_fault_tolerant_qec.tex b/src/thesis/chapters/3_fault_tolerant_qec.tex index b0382a6..63d5c98 100644 --- a/src/thesis/chapters/3_fault_tolerant_qec.tex +++ b/src/thesis/chapters/3_fault_tolerant_qec.tex @@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ The simplest way of calculating the per-round \ac{ler} is by modeling each round as an independent experiment. For each experiment, an error might occur with a certain probability $p_\text{round}$. -The overall probability of error is thus +The overall probability of error is then \begin{align} \hspace{-12mm} p_\text{total} &= 1 - (1 - p_\text{round})^{n_\text{rounds}} \nonumber\\ @@ -1075,15 +1075,17 @@ This is a common approach taken in the literature \cite{gong_toward_2024}\cite{wang_fully_2025}. Another common approach \cite{chen_exponential_2021}% -\cite{bausch_learning_2024}\cite{maan_decoding_2025}\cite{cao_exact_2025}% -\cite{beni_tesseract_2025} is to assume a exponential decay for the -decoder's \emph{fidelity} \red{explain what this is} +\cite{bausch_learning_2024}\cite{beni_tesseract_2025} is to assume an +exponential decay for the decoder's \emph{logical fidelity} \cite[Eq.~2]{bausch_learning_2024} \begin{align*} F_\text{total} = (F_\text{round})^{n_\text{rounds}} .% \end{align*} -As the fidelity is related to the error rate through $F = 1 - 2p$, we obtain +The logical fidelity is a measure of the quality of a logical state +\cite[Appendix~E]{postler_demonstration_2024}. +As it is related to the error rate through $F = 1 - 2p$, we obtain +\cite[Eq.~4]{bausch_learning_2024} \begin{align} (1 - 2p_\text{total}) &= (1 - 2p_\text{round})^{n_\text{rounds}} \nonumber\\ \implies \hspace{15mm} p_\text{total} &= \frac{1}{2} @@ -1091,7 +1093,9 @@ As the fidelity is related to the error rate through $F = 1 - 2p$, we obtain .% \end{align} -\content{We choose the first approach} +We have chosen to use the first approach, i.e., +\autoref{eq:per_round_ler}, as the related literature is closer in +topic to our own work. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Stim} @@ -1108,6 +1112,8 @@ propagate through the circuit an what detectors they affect} \content{Merging of error mechanisms} +\content{Stim is were DEMs were first introduced} + \content{Stim is a software package that generates DEMs from circuits} \content{The user still has to define the circuit themselves, and especially the detectors \cite[Sec~2.5]{derks_designing_2025}}