| dc.contributor.advisor | David G. Cory. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Sheldon, Sarah (Sarah Elizabeth) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-03-16T19:48:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-03-16T19:48:57Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2008 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44834 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2008. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaf 23). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Error correction codes are necessary for the development of reliable quantum computers. Such codes can prevent the lost of information from decoherence caused by external perturbations. This thesis evaluates a five qubit code for correcting second order bit-flip errors. The code consists of encoding, decoherence, decoding, and error correction steps. This work analyzes the proposed code using geometric algebra methods and examines the state of the system after each step in the process. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Sarah Sheldon. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 28 leaves | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nuclear Science and Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Second order error correction in quantum computing | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 301575227 | en_US |
