Flag Qubits: The Clever Watchdogs of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Error Correction
How a handful of extra "flag" ancilla qubits can replace expensive verified ancilla states, dramatically reducing the overhead of fault-tolerant syndrome extraction for any stabilizer code.
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March 1, 2026
Building Quantum Computers Like LEGO: Quantum LDPC Codes for Modular Architectures
A deep dive into the Strikis & Berent construction—how the hypergraph product of connectivity codes gives quantum error-correcting codes that automatically respect modular hardware constraints.
Lattice Surgery for Quantum Error Correction: From Surface Codes to LDPC Codes and Beyond
Lattice surgery is one of the most powerful techniques in fault-tolerant quantum computing. It allows us to perform logical operations on encoded qubits by merging and splitting code patches—all while preserving the precious error-correcting properties we worked so hard to build.
Optical Distillation Protocols for Spin–Optical Architectures: A Friendly Walk Through Single-Shot GHZ Generation
In this post, I want to unpack a topic that keeps coming back in discussions about modular quantum architectures: how can I get really good multi-partite entanglement between remote modules without drowning myself in slow, error-prone two-qubit gates on memories?
Fault-Tolerance in Quantum Computing: A Comprehensive Exploration of Definitions Across the Field
When I first encountered the term "fault-tolerant" in quantum computing literature, I noticed something puzzling: different researchers seemed to be using it in subtly different ways. In this blog post, I'll walk through the various contexts and definitions of fault-tolerance that have emerged in our quantum computing community.
Entangling Logical Qubits Without Physical Operations: A Simple Guide to Phantom Codes
Phantom codes implement logical CNOT entangling gates using only classical qubit
relabelling, achieving zero overhead and perfect fidelity. By placing logical operations at the
center of code design, we achieve fault-tolerant entanglement at no physical cost.
Understanding Quantum Error Correction Thresholds: A Practical Guide for Experimentalists
Threshold is one of the most frequently cited concepts in quantum error correction,
yet it means different things in different contexts. This article unpacks the various thresholds,
explains how they are calculated, and provides practical guidance for interpreting them in the lab.
The Architecture Pyramid: Why Modular Quantum Computers Matter
A deep dive into why one giant quantum computer won't work—and why breaking it apart
changes everything about how we build scalable, fault-tolerant quantum systems.
From Monolithic to Modular: Converting Surface Codes Using Distributed GHZ Measurements
Discover how monolithic surface code circuits can be transformed into fault-tolerant
distributed architectures through the power of multipartite GHZ states. This blog explores the
mathematical foundation and practical implications of this transformation for scaling quantum
computers with modular hardware.