A New Twist on the Majorana surface code | Qiskit Quantum Seminar with Campbell McLauchlan

Qiskit Quantum Seminar Episode 134

Review of topological quantum computing and non-abelian anyons: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1889
Lecture notes by Steve Simon: https://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/p...

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are promising candidates for topologically-protected quantum computing hardware, however their large-scale use will likely require quantum error correction. Majorana surface codes (MSCs) have been proposed to achieve this. However, many MSC properties remain unexplored. In this talk I will present a unifying framework for MSC twist defects.

Campbell McLauchlan is a PhD student studying theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge. After completing his Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney he attended Cambridge to complete the Part III course in Mathematics. In his PhD he works at the Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations, studying quantum computing, quantum information and condensed matter physics. Beyond his research, he writes for the online publication Physics World, as a student contributor, and produces videos and a podcast with the purpose of communicating ideas from physics to a general audience.