Mitigating Measurement Errors in Quantum Computers by Exploiting State-Dependent Bias
Swamit Tannu, Moinuddin K. Qureshi · 2019
Quantum computers are susceptible to errors. While quantum computers can be guarded against errors using error correction codes, near-term quantum computers will not have sufficient number of qubits to implement error correction and must perform their computation in the presence of errors. Qubit measurement is typically the most error-prone operation on a quantum computer, with measurement errors ranging from 8% to 30% reported on current machines. This goal of this paper is to mitigate measurement errors by exploiting the state-dependent bias of measurement errors.