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Experimental Quantum Error Correction

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Experimental Quantum Error Correction
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The Achilles' heel of quantum information processors is the fragility of quantum states and processes. Without a method to control imperfection and imprecision of quantum devices, the probability that a quantum computation succeed will decrease exponentially in the number of gates it requires. In the last fifteen years, building on the discovery of quantum error correction, accuracy threshold theorems were proved showing that error can be controlled using a reasonable amount of resources as long as the error rate is smaller than a certain threshold. We thus have a scalable theory describing how to control quantum systems. The next step is to turn this theory into practice. I will give an overview of some of the progress towards the implmentation of quantum error correction around the world with a focus on results since the last Quantum Error Correction conference at USC. I will compare the various achievements and point towards what still need to be done to get robust quantum information processors.