Decoder- and Noise-Aware Optimization Framework for Clifford-Deformed Quantum Error-Correcting Codes
Practical fault-tolerant quantum computing requires qubit-efficient quantum error correction (QEC). Clifford deformations (CDs) modify the stabilizers of a QEC code to lower its logical error rate at no additional resource cost. However, the number of possible CDs grows exponentially with the number of qubits, making e...