Date of Award

9-2022

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Department of Engineering Physics

First Advisor

David E. Weeks, PhD

Abstract

Quantum computers are beset by errors from a variety of sources. Although quantum error correction and detection codes have been developed since the 1990s, these codes require mid-circuit measurements in order to operate. In order to avoid these measurements we have developed a new error detection code that only requires state collapses at the end of the circuit, which we call no ancilla error detection (NAED). We investigate some of the mathematics behind NAED such as which codes can detect which errors. We then run NAED on three separate types of circuits: Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger circuits, phase dependent circuits, and a quantum approximate optimization algorithm running the max cut problem. In total, we used the IBMQ quantum computers over 325 million times and were able to show that NAED can be used to improve the performance of the quantum computers.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-ENP-DS-22-S-044

DTIC Accession Number

AD1181205

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