Bridging Pulse and Circuit Levels: A Geometric Framework for Deterministic Error Suppression
Abstract
Quantum errors in noisy environments remain a major obstacle to advancing quantum information technology. Standard quantum error correction requires massive ancillary qubit overhead, motivating the need for hardware-efficient mitigation strategies. In this work, we propose a framework for dynamical quantum error correction at the circuit level, requiring no logical encoding or ancillary qubits. By extending a geometric framework (originally developed for creating dynamical error-correcting gates at the control pulse level) to the discrete dynamics of digital circuits, we map the accumulation of coherent errors to trajectories in a high-dimensional error space. We demonstrate that inserting deterministically optimized twirling gate sequences actively shapes these trajectories, utilizing destructive interference to keep the accumulated error bounded with error scaling 𝒪(1). This deterministic path-shaping suppresses circuit errors fundamentally differently than the stochastic random-walk behavior of standard randomized compiling with error scaling 𝒪(√N). Furthermore, we show that this circuit-level dynamical correction synergizes with pulse-level robust control, providing an analytical bridge between continuous noise dynamics and discrete quantum compilation. This research illuminates pathways to achieving highly noise-resistant quantum circuits prior to the era of fault tolerance.
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BibTeX
@misc{zeng2026bridging,
title = {{Bridging Pulse and Circuit Levels: A Geometric Framework for Deterministic Error Suppression}},
author = {Junkai Zeng and Hao Liang and Yong-Ju Hai and Xiu-Hao Deng},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.06291},
eprint = {2611.06291},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.06291},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Bridging Pulse and Circuit Levels: A Geometric Framework for Deterministic Error Suppression
AU - Junkai Zeng
AU - Hao Liang
AU - Yong-Ju Hai
AU - Xiu-Hao Deng
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/04
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.06291
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.06291
AB - Quantum errors in noisy environments remain a major obstacle to advancing quantum information technology. Standard quantum error correction requires massive ancillary qubit overhead, motivating the need for hardware-efficient mitigation strategies. In this work, we propose a framework for dynamical quantum error correction at the circuit level, requiring no logical encoding or ancillary qubits. By extending a geometric framework (originally developed for creating dynamical error-correcting gates at the control pulse level) to the discrete dynamics of digital circuits, we map the accumulation of coherent errors to trajectories in a high-dimensional error space. We demonstrate that inserting deterministically optimized twirling gate sequences actively shapes these trajectories, utilizing destructive interference to keep the accumulated error bounded with error scaling 𝒪(1). This deterministic path-shaping suppresses circuit errors fundamentally differently than the stochastic random-walk behavior of standard randomized compiling with error scaling 𝒪(√N). Furthermore, we show that this circuit-level dynamical correction synergizes with pulse-level robust control, providing an analytical bridge between continuous noise dynamics and discrete quantum compilation. This research illuminates pathways to achieving highly noise-resistant quantum circuits prior to the era of fault tolerance.
ER -