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Quantum Error Correction with Surface Codes

Quick fact

Surface codes can achieve error correction thresholds above 1%, meaning that if the physical error rate is below this threshold, adding more qubits can exponentially suppress errors.

Why this is interesting

Quantum computers are incredibly powerful, but they are also incredibly fragile. How can we build a reliable quantum computer when the very information it uses can vanish in a fraction of a second?