Error mitigation extends the computational reach of a noisy quantum processor
10.1038/s41586-019-1040-7
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Kandala, A., Temme, K., Córcoles, A. D., Mezzacapo, A., Chow, J. M., & Gambetta, J. M. (2019). Error mitigation extends the computational reach of a noisy quantum processor. Nature, 567(7749), 491–495.

Authors 6
  1. Abhinav Kandala (first)
  2. Kristan Temme (additional)
  3. Antonio D. Córcoles (additional)
  4. Antonio Mezzacapo (additional)
  5. Jerry M. Chow (additional)
  6. Jay M. Gambetta (additional)
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@article{Kandala_2019, title={Error mitigation extends the computational reach of a noisy quantum processor}, volume={567}, ISSN={1476-4687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1040-7}, DOI={10.1038/s41586-019-1040-7}, number={7749}, journal={Nature}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Kandala, Abhinav and Temme, Kristan and Córcoles, Antonio D. and Mezzacapo, Antonio and Chow, Jerry M. and Gambetta, Jay M.}, year={2019}, month=mar, pages={491–495} }