Distance coefficient power parameter in QEC scheme #2212
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This PR extends the formula template for QEC logical error rate formulas from:
to
where$k$ is the new distance coefficient power discussed in arXiv:2411.10406, Section III.B, page 25.
For$k = 0$ , the default, the formula remains unchanged compared to the current one. However, changing $k$ to other values allows to model a different error correction behavior, as motivated by the paper.
The parameter is called
distance_coefficient_power
ordistanceCoefficientPower
in the JSON parameter. It is also added to the Python RE parameter utility structure (together withmax_code_distance
which was absent so far).