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"Kitaev's Zd-Codes Threshold Estimates", Guillaume Duclos-Cianci, David Poulin, 2013

Reviewed August 17, 2023

Citation: Duclos-Cianci, Guillaume, and David Poulin. "Kitaev's Z d-code threshold estimates." Physical Review A 87.6 (2013): 062338.

Web: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.3638

Tags: Abelian-anyons, Toric-code


This paper gives a concise treatment of the Zd quantum double model from a computer-scientific perspective, and gives a brief discussion of its effectiveness as an error correcting code. This is a good short general reference to cite for the Zd toric code.