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Table 1 We list the set \(\pmb{\mathcal{P}_{\mathrm{reduction}}}\) of all the two-qubit couplings required to measure the plaquette p and the six vertex operators of Figure  2 , following the plaquette reduction method of Ref. [ 9 ]

From: Methodology for bus layout for topological quantum error correcting codes

Primary qubit

Qubits to which the primary qubit couples

\(\alpha_{0}\)

\(i_{6}\)

\(a_{1}\)

\(a_{6}\), \(i_{1}\), \(i_{2}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{1}\)

\(a_{2}\)

\(i_{1}\), \(i_{2}\), \(i_{3}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{2}\)

\(a_{3}\)

\(i_{2}\), \(i_{3}\), \(i_{4}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{3}\)

\(a_{4}\)

\(i_{3}\), \(i_{4}\), \(i_{5}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{4}\)

\(a_{5}\)

\(i_{4}\), \(i_{5}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{5}\)

\(a_{6}\)

\(a_{1}\), \(i_{1}\), \(i_{2}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{6}\)

\(i_{1}\)

\(a_{1}\), \(a_{2}\), \(a_{6}\), \(i_{2}\), \(i_{3}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{1}\), \(\alpha_{6}\)

\(i_{2}\)

\(a_{1}\), \(a_{2}\), \(a_{6}\), \(i_{1}\), \(i_{3}\), \(i_{4}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{1}\), \(\alpha_{2}\)

\(i_{3}\)

\(a_{2}\), \(a_{3}\), \(a_{4}\), \(i_{1}\), \(i_{2}\), \(i_{4}\), \(i_{5}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{2}\), \(\alpha_{3}\)

\(i_{4}\)

\(a_{3}\), \(a_{4}\), \(a_{5}\), \(i_{2}\), \(i_{3}\), \(i_{5}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{3}\), \(\alpha_{4}\)

\(i_{5}\)

\(a_{4}\), \(a_{5}\), \(i_{3}\), \(i_{4}\), \(i_{6}\), \(\alpha_{4}\), \(\alpha_{5}\)

\(i_{6}\)

\(\alpha_{0}\), \(a_{1}\), \(a_{2}\), \(a_{3}\), \(a_{4}\), \(a_{5}\), \(a_{6}\), \(i_{1}\), \(i_{2}\), \(i_{3}\), \(i_{4}\), \(i_{5}\), \(\alpha_{5}\), \(\alpha_{6}\)

\(\alpha_{1}\)

\(a_{1}\), \(i_{1}\), \(i_{2}\)

\(\alpha_{2}\)

\(a_{2}\), \(i_{2}\), \(i_{3}\)

\(\alpha_{3}\)

\(a_{3}\), \(i_{3}\), \(i_{4}\)

\(\alpha_{4}\)

\(a_{4}\), \(i_{4}\), \(i_{5}\)

\(\alpha_{5}\)

\(a_{5}\), \(i_{5}\), \(i_{6}\)

\(\alpha_{6}\)

\(a_{6}\), \(i_{1}\), \(i_{6}\)

  1. The data and ancillary qubits are labeled according to the notation of Figure 2.