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ArticleScience advances2025

Measurement-free, scalable, and fault-tolerant universal quantum computing.

Friederike Butt, David F Locher, Katharina Brechtelsbauer, Hans Peter Büchler, Markus Müller

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Friederike ButtInstitute for Quantum Information, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-8954-1274
David F LocherInstitute for Quantum Information, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-0180-4225
Katharina BrechtelsbauerInstitute for Theoretical Physics III and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0501-1406
Hans Peter BüchlerInstitute for Theoretical Physics III and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7233-6828
Markus MüllerInstitute for Quantum Information, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2813-3097

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Abstract

Reliable execution of large-scale quantum algorithms requires robust underlying operations, which is addressed by quantum error correction (QEC). Most modern QEC protocols rely on measurements and feed-forward operations, which are experimentally demanding and often prone to high error rates. Additionally, no single-error-correcting code intrinsically supports the full set of logical operations required for universal quantum computing. In this work, we present a complete toolbox for fault-tolerant universal quantum computing without measurements during algorithm execution by combining the strategies of code switching and concatenation. We develop fault-tolerant, measurement-free protocols to transfer encoded information between 2D and 3D color codes that offer complementary and, in combination, universal sets of robust logical gates. Moreover, we extend the scheme to higher-distance codes by concatenating the 2D color code and integrating code switching for operations lacking a natively fault-tolerant implementation. Our measurement-free approach thereby provides a practical and scalable pathway for universal quantum computing on state-of-the-art quantum processors.

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PMCPMC13155506

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