Questions tagged [stim]
For questions about Stim, the open source tool for high-performance simulation of quantum stabilizer circuits.
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Where do lines like "error(p) D0 D9 ^ D7 ^ D8" come from in a stim detector error model?
I have a Stim detector error model file derived from a surface code circuit. I'm trying to understand exactly what lines like error(0.00033) D0 D9 L0 ^ D7 ^ D8 from ...
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Incorporating Idling Errors while using Stim
Is there a smart way to incorporate idling errors for a quantum error correction code using the open-source tool Stim (preferably using the tableau simulator)? I have perused the github website (https:...
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How do I initialize stim's tableau simulator to a random tableau?
I want to create a stim.TableauSimulator with a random tableau as its state. I know I can get a random tableau using ...
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Efficient Way to Create an LUT in Stim
What is the fastest and most resource-efficient way to create an LUT decoder for a quantum error correction code using Stim (https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2021-07-06-497/)?
Specfically, I am ...
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Simulating flag qubits and conditional branches using Stim
In a quantum error correcting code using flag qubits, it's common to have flag measurements that tell you it's necessary to do some extra measurements for safety. So, for example, I want to say:
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Stim: is it possible to add comments when creating a circuit?
I'm trying to create a Stim.Circuit, given a list of qubits and operations on them. Does the API support adding comments to the circuit's string representation? I've tried using ...
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Measurement bitstrings to detection event bitstrings in stim
Does Stim have exposed functionality for converting a measurement outcome string into a detection event string?
I.e. I feed stim a string of 0,1's corresponding to measurements in a circuit along with ...
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What is the meaning of "shots" and "rounds" in Stim?
I'm running simulations using Stim to get logical error rate vs. physical error rates of some quantum error correcting codes (QECC).
I looked into the documentation, but I'm confused about the meaning ...
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how to simulate toric and surface codes with stim + PyMatching
According to PyMatching's github page the package can be decode toric and surface codes. Stim's example
uses stim + PyMatching combination to get logical error rate vs physical error rate curves for ...
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Computing expectation value of a Pauli string on stabilizer states
I need some help on stim, where I'm trying to compute expectation values of Pauli strings. Hopefully I did not overlook on the documentation an implementation of ...
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How to perform encoding and syndrome measurement in stim
I can generate the encoding circuit of a stabilizer code and can read it into
stim. For example for the $[[5,1,3]]$ code :
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What is the syntax for general control gate in stim
For a stabilizer code with the stabilizers in canonical form, an encoding circuit has the form
that's a product of hadamard gates and general control gates : $H_i C_i(U_i)$. For example for
the $[[5,1,...
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How to import a generic stabilizer code in stim
I just started using stim to simulate the performance of quantum error correcting codes. I hope this is the right place to ask questions about the subject. The
example code
with the repetition code ...
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How do I pick a random Clifford operation in Stim?
I want to sample random n-qubit Clifford operations. How do I do that in Stim?
(Self-answering because this was requested when the feature already existed)
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Performing a generic single-qubit Pauli error channel in stim
I have a Pauli channel with disjoint probabilities $P_I$, $P_X$, $P_Y$, $P_Z$ (meaning $P_I + P_X + P_Y + P_Z = 1$) corresponding to Pauli errors I, X, Y, Z. Is there some way apply this Pauli ...
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'Best practices' for making Stim run as fast as possible?
I'm currently testing out an error-correction surface code circuit in Stim.
I've tried a 19x19 surface code over 10k rounds of syndrome extraction sampled 256 times, and this takes about 165 seconds. ...
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Measuring entanglement entropy using a stabilizer circuit simulator
I'm trying to simulate stabilizer circuits using the Clifford tableau formalism that lets you scale up to hundreds of qubits. What I want to do is find the entanglement entropy on by splitting my ...
