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| Boilerpipe Text | //Â Quantum Mechanics + Computing = Quantum Computing
A qubit can be 0, 1 or somewhere in between, thanks to a fundamental law of quantum mechanics: superposition.
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Two specific cases, where the arrow is on opposite sides of the equator, are called the â+â and â-â states.
//Â When reality kicks in
Humans do not experience quantum for a reason: everything is a perturbation for a qubit.
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When a qubit is affected by noise, its state changes randomly, leading to
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or phase-flips, switching â+â and â-â.
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Over time, we lose the quantum information encoded in the qubit, a process known as decoherence.
//Â THE BIG PROBLEM
Quantum Errors
Currently, errors happen 10,000 times a second.
Luckily, error correction codes are designed to track these errors as they occur. By recovering quantum information, these codes help create error-corrected, logical qubits.
The cost of error correction
Quantum error correction works by redundancy, extending the quantum information over several physical qubits.
Redundancy means hundreds of physical qubits for a single error-corrected logical qubit.
To build a useful quantum computer we need hundreds of such logical qubitsâŠ
ButâŠ
What if you could correct errors before they even happen?
Alice & Bobâs Cat Qubit does exactly that. Our pioneering approach is bit-flip protected.
We deal only with one class of errors, the phase-flip, reducing quantum error correction to one dimension. Simple.
Thanks to this, a logical qubit could be assembled using as few as 5 physical
cat qubits
.
Such a low overhead helps us lead the race to building a fault-tolerant quantum computer.
//Â ROADMAP
100 Logical Qubits by 2030 |
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// SCIENCE
# Harnessing Quantum Nature
// Quantum Mechanics + Computing = Quantum Computing
## A qubit can be 0, 1 or somewhere in between, thanks to a fundamental law of quantum mechanics: superposition.
01 // 03
If a classical bit can be represented as an arrow pointing either up or downâŠ
02 // 03
a qubit can be represented by an arrow pointing to any of the infinite points on a sphereâs surface, with â0â and â1â at its poles.
03 // 03
Two specific cases, where the arrow is on opposite sides of the equator, are called the â+â and â-â states.
// When reality kicks in
## Humans do not experience quantum for a reason: everything is a perturbation for a qubit.
01 // 03
When a qubit is affected by noise, its state changes randomly, leading to âbit-flipsâ, switching â0â and â1ââŠ
02 // 03
or phase-flips, switching â+â and â-â.
03 // 03
Over time, we lose the quantum information encoded in the qubit, a process known as decoherence.
// THE BIG PROBLEM
## Quantum Errors
![Entangled Cat Alice & Bob]()
Currently, errors happen 10,000 times a second.
Luckily, error correction codes are designed to track these errors as they occur. By recovering quantum information, these codes help create error-corrected, logical qubits.
![Entangled Cat Alice & Bob]()
## The cost of error correction
Quantum error correction works by redundancy, extending the quantum information over several physical qubits.
Redundancy means hundreds of physical qubits for a single error-corrected logical qubit.
To build a useful quantum computer we need hundreds of such logical qubitsâŠ
ButâŠ
![ab-science-01\_black-1]()
## What if you could correct errors before they even happen?
![ab-cat-13-rubiks]()
## Alice & Bobâs Cat Qubit does exactly that. Our pioneering approach is bit-flip protected.
We deal only with one class of errors, the phase-flip, reducing quantum error correction to one dimension. Simple.
Thanks to this, a logical qubit could be assembled using as few as 5 physical cat qubits.
Such a low overhead helps us lead the race to building a fault-tolerant quantum computer.
[Discover our Tech](https://alice-bob.com/quantum-computing/technology/)
![ab-icons\_entangled-2]()
// ROADMAP
## 100 Logical Qubits by 2030
[Our Roadmap](https://alice-bob.com/roadmap/)
![bluep-600600]()
## Our foundational papers
[Ulysse Réglade Quantum control of a cat-qubit with bit-flip times exceeding ten seconds 2023-07 Experimental work](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06617)
[Elie Gouzien Performance Analysis of a Repetition Cat Code Architecture: Computing 256-bit Elliptic Curve Logarithm in 9 Hours with 126 133 Cat Qubits 2023-02 Theoretical work](https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.040602)
[Jérémie Guillaud Repetition cat qubit for fault-tolerant quantum computation 2019-12 Theoretical work](https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevX.9.041053)
[Lescanne, Peronnin Exponential supression of bit-flips in a qubit encoded in an oscillator 2020-03 Experimental work](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-0824-x)
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| Readable Markdown | // Quantum Mechanics + Computing = Quantum Computing
## A qubit can be 0, 1 or somewhere in between, thanks to a fundamental law of quantum mechanics: superposition.
01 // 03
If a classical bit can be represented as an arrow pointing either up or downâŠ
02 // 03
a qubit can be represented by an arrow pointing to any of the infinite points on a sphereâs surface, with â0â and â1â at its poles.
03 // 03
Two specific cases, where the arrow is on opposite sides of the equator, are called the â+â and â-â states.
// When reality kicks in
## Humans do not experience quantum for a reason: everything is a perturbation for a qubit.
01 // 03
When a qubit is affected by noise, its state changes randomly, leading to âbit-flipsâ, switching â0â and â1ââŠ
02 // 03
or phase-flips, switching â+â and â-â.
03 // 03
Over time, we lose the quantum information encoded in the qubit, a process known as decoherence.
// THE BIG PROBLEM
## Quantum Errors
Currently, errors happen 10,000 times a second.
Luckily, error correction codes are designed to track these errors as they occur. By recovering quantum information, these codes help create error-corrected, logical qubits.

The cost of error correction
Quantum error correction works by redundancy, extending the quantum information over several physical qubits.
Redundancy means hundreds of physical qubits for a single error-corrected logical qubit.
To build a useful quantum computer we need hundreds of such logical qubitsâŠ
ButâŠ

What if you could correct errors before they even happen?
Alice & Bobâs Cat Qubit does exactly that. Our pioneering approach is bit-flip protected.
We deal only with one class of errors, the phase-flip, reducing quantum error correction to one dimension. Simple.
Thanks to this, a logical qubit could be assembled using as few as 5 physical cat qubits.
Such a low overhead helps us lead the race to building a fault-tolerant quantum computer.

// ROADMAP
## 100 Logical Qubits by 2030 |
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