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arxiv: 2605.27598 · v1 · pith:PWOJTPYInew · submitted 2026-05-26 · 🪐 quant-ph

Leveraging Correlated Decoding for Bias-Tailored Compass Codes

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keywords quantum error correctionbiased noisecompass codescorrelated decodingminimum weight perfect matchingClifford deformationcircuit-level noise
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Correlated decoding produces larger threshold gains for compass codes with asymmetric stabilizers under biased dephasing noise.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

Quantum devices often experience dephasing errors far more often than bit flips or other errors. To address this, researchers have developed bias-tailored codes such as the Clifford-deformed compass codes. The paper runs circuit-level simulations of elongated versions of these codes and compares standard minimum-weight perfect matching decoding against a correlated variant that accounts for error dependencies. Correlated decoding raises thresholds at every bias level tested, and the improvement relative to standard decoding is noticeably larger when the code stabilizers are asymmetric. This indicates that decoder choice can extract extra performance from already-tailored codes without redesigning the stabilizers themselves.

Core claim

When Clifford-deformed elongated compass codes are decoded with correlated MWPM under circuit-level biased noise, thresholds exceed those obtained with standard MWPM for every bias value examined, and the relative gain is greater for codes whose stabilizers are asymmetric than for those with symmetric stabilizers.

What carries the argument

Correlated minimum-weight perfect matching decoder that incorporates circuit-induced error correlations when applied to Clifford-deformed compass codes.

If this is right

  • Thresholds rise for all tested noise biases when correlated decoding is used.
  • The relative improvement is larger for codes whose stabilizers break symmetry.
  • Performance gains appear without any change to the underlying code lattice or stabilizers.
  • The same decoder upgrade applies across a range of bias strengths.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Hardware teams running biased-noise devices might obtain better logical error rates by upgrading the decoder rather than redesigning the code.
  • The approach could be tested on other families of bias-tailored surface-code variants to check whether asymmetric stabilizers consistently benefit more from correlation-aware decoding.
  • If the gain persists at larger code distances, it would reduce the physical qubit overhead required to reach a target logical error rate.

Load-bearing premise

The chosen circuit-level noise model together with the specific implementation of correlated MWPM faithfully reproduces the performance that real hardware would exhibit under biased dephasing.

What would settle it

Executing the same elongated compass codes on physical hardware with independently measured bias and observing whether the measured threshold difference between correlated and standard MWPM matches the simulated gap.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.27598 by Arianna Meinking, Julie Campos, Kenneth R. Brown.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Schematic of an elongated compass code with elongation [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: 2a) Depiction of a weight-6 Z stabilizer of ZXXZ□-deformed elongated compass code with an elongation of ℓ = 3. Data qubits (qi) and syndrome qubit (s) are labeled. Data qubits are colored yellow if they undergo a Hadamard transformation. 2b) Circuit diagram of syndrome extraction for stabilizer drawn in 2a. We do not include the readout stage in this figure. Readout in our circuit happens for each syndrome… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: CSS correlated decoding in (a), (b) compared to PyMatching correlated decoding in (c) and MWPM in (d). (a) The thresholds of the compass codes with CSS correlated decoding over bias η correcting X errors, then Z errors. (b) The thresholds for CORRZX (Z error then X error) decoding at each ℓ. (c) PyMatching correlated decoder thresholds over a range of η. To achieve a similar to code-capacity decoding schem… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: The circuit-level correlated decoding of the Clifford-deformed elongated compass codes and the standard MWPM directly compared over [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Threshold gain (∆CORR) and relative gain (∆CORR/pMW PM th ) of correlated decoding compared to standard MWPM over a range of biases η for CSS and ZXXZ□-deformed elongated compass codes. The CSS codes experience tradeoffs in threshold since high stabilizer asymmetry is preferred to maximize correlated decoding gains. The ∆CORR of ZXXZ□ codes with increasing η, though the maximum gain is achieved by the CSS … view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: The order of the CNOT/CZ gates in the extraction step of the circuit. The order is picked as to avoid propagating hook errors and ensure stabilizers [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: The signed complementary gap histogram distributions for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_7.png] view at source ↗
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Quantum error correction (QEC) is often implemented on hardware that experiences biased noise, where dephasing errors occur more frequently than other errors. This has motivated many recent efforts to develop bias-tailored QEC codes, such as the Clifford-deformed compass codes: a family of codes that achieve high thresholds under biased dephasing noise. We perform circuit-level simulations of the Clifford-deformed elongated compass codes under a biased noise model and evaluate code thresholds using standard minimum weight perfect matching (MWPM) and correlated MWPM. We find that correlated decoding enhances thresholds for all noise biases relative to standard MWPM under circuit-level noise. Our results demonstrate that correlated decoding leads to a higher relative gain in thresholds compared to standard MWPM when applied to codes with asymmetric stabilizers under biased noise.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper performs circuit-level simulations of Clifford-deformed elongated compass codes under a biased dephasing noise model. It compares code thresholds obtained via standard minimum-weight perfect matching (MWPM) against those from a correlated MWPM decoder, reporting that the correlated decoder improves thresholds for all bias values and produces a larger relative gain when applied to codes possessing asymmetric stabilizers.

Significance. If the numerical results are reproducible, the work supplies concrete evidence that decoder correlations can be leveraged to amplify the advantage of bias-tailored stabilizer asymmetry under realistic circuit noise. This supplies a practical, decoder-level route to improving thresholds without altering the code family itself.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract / §3] Abstract and §3 (Simulation Setup): the central claim rests on reported threshold values, yet the text supplies no numerical values for circuit depth, the precise biased Pauli error rates (including the bias parameter η and the total physical error rate p), the number of Monte Carlo samples per data point, or the fitting procedure used to extract thresholds. Without these parameters the quantitative gains cannot be assessed or reproduced.
  2. [§4] §4 (Results): the statement that correlated decoding yields a 'higher relative gain' for asymmetric-stabilizer codes is presented without tabulated threshold numbers, error bars, or the exact definition of 'relative gain' (e.g., (p_th^correlated – p_th^MWPM)/p_th^MWPM). This prevents verification that the reported ordering is statistically significant.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Figures 2–4] Figure captions and axis labels should explicitly state the bias values η and the circuit-level noise model (e.g., whether idling errors or measurement errors are included).
  2. [§2.3] The implementation details of the correlated MWPM (e.g., which error pairs are treated as correlated and how the matching graph is augmented) are referenced but not given an explicit algorithmic description or pseudocode.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading and constructive comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript to improve reproducibility and clarity.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract / §3] Abstract and §3 (Simulation Setup): the central claim rests on reported threshold values, yet the text supplies no numerical values for circuit depth, the precise biased Pauli error rates (including the bias parameter η and the total physical error rate p), the number of Monte Carlo samples per data point, or the fitting procedure used to extract thresholds. Without these parameters the quantitative gains cannot be assessed or reproduced.

    Authors: We agree that these simulation parameters are essential for reproducibility. In the revised manuscript we will expand §3 (Simulation Setup) to explicitly state the circuit depth, the values of the bias parameter η and physical error rate p, the number of Monte Carlo samples per data point, and the fitting procedure used to extract thresholds. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§4] §4 (Results): the statement that correlated decoding yields a 'higher relative gain' for asymmetric-stabilizer codes is presented without tabulated threshold numbers, error bars, or the exact definition of 'relative gain' (e.g., (p_th^correlated – p_th^MWPM)/p_th^MWPM). This prevents verification that the reported ordering is statistically significant.

    Authors: We agree that tabulated values and an explicit definition would strengthen the presentation. In the revised §4 we will add a table listing threshold values (with error bars) for both decoders across bias values, explicitly define relative gain as (p_th^correlated – p_th^MWPM)/p_th^MWPM, and include a short discussion of statistical significance. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; claims rest on explicit simulation comparisons

full rationale

The paper reports empirical thresholds obtained from circuit-level Monte Carlo simulations of Clifford-deformed elongated compass codes under a stated biased dephasing noise model. Thresholds are extracted by comparing logical error rates for two decoders (standard MWPM versus correlated MWPM) on identical code instances and noise realizations. No equations, fitted parameters, or first-principles derivations are presented whose outputs are algebraically identical to their inputs by construction. No self-citation is invoked as a load-bearing uniqueness theorem or ansatz. The central result is therefore a direct numerical comparison whose validity is independent of any internal redefinition or self-referential fitting.

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  • domain assumption Circuit-level noise models with independent Pauli errors at each location are representative of hardware behavior.
    Implicit in any circuit-level QEC simulation study.

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