Logical Hadamard convention for a phase-flip repetition code

ID: logical-hadamard-convention-for-a-phase-flip-repetition-code

The codewords have residual logical Pauli X gate after an uncorrectable two- or three-site phase error. Precede their encoding by a logical Hadamard gate and follow decoding by its inverse. Since , the same error now acts as a logical Pauli Z gate. Explicitly the encoded coefficients are and for an input . This convention matters when translating physical phase errors into a claimed decoded phase-error channel.

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