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. 2023 Jan 4;14:52. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35759-4

Table 1.

A complete basis for the learnable linear functions of log Pauli fidelities and Pauli error rates for a single CNOT/SWAP gate

Gate CNOT SWAP
(a) Cycle basis

lII, lZI, lIX, lZX, lXZ, lYY, lXY, lYZ, 

lIZ + lZZ, lIY + lZY, lIZ + lZY, 

lXI + lXX, lYI + lYX, lXI + lYX

lII, lXX, lXY, lXZ, lYX, lYY, lYZ, lZX, lZY, 

lZZ, lIX + lXI, lIY + lYI, lIZ + lZI, 

lXI + lIY, lXI + lIZ

(b) Learnable Pauli fidelities

λII, λZI, λIX, λZX, λXZ, λYY, λXY, λYZ, 

λIZ ⋅ λZZ, λIY ⋅ λZY, λIZ ⋅ λZY, 

λXI ⋅ λXX, λYI ⋅ λYX, λXI ⋅ λYX

λII, λXX, λXY, λXZ, λYX, λYY, λYZ, λZX, λZY, 

λZZ, λIX ⋅ λXI, λIY ⋅ λYI, λIZ ⋅ λZI, 

λXI ⋅ λIY, λXI ⋅ λIZ

(c) Learnable Pauli errors

pII, pZI, pIX, pZX, pXZ, pYY, pXY, pYZ, 

pIZ + pZZ, pIY + pZY, pIZ + pZY, 

pXI + pXX, pYI + pYX, pXI + pYX

pII, pXX, pXY, pXZ, pYX, pYY, pYZ, pZX, pZY, 

pZZ, pIX + pXI, pIY + pYI, pIZ + pZI, 

pXI + pIY, pXI + pIZ

(d) Unlearnable degrees of freedom λXI, λIZ λXI