

This technique employs stochastically applied single-qubit gates to ‘emulate’ quantum measurement along the appropriate axis, while simultaneously making this process less sensitive to coherent errors. Recent work by discusses an error mitigation strategy named `quantum measurement emulation' (QME), which is a feed-forward control technique for mitigating coherent errors. Furthermore, other commonly encountered noise mechanisms such as cross-talk and imperfectly calibrated control pulses can also decrease circuit execution fidelity. While techniques like Dynamical Decoupling have potential to partially suppress quantum errors, their effectiveness is still limited by errors that occur at unstructured times during a circuit. In this edition of Active Quantum Research Areas, we cover several recent and promising papers in this direction.

QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION AND QUANTUM MEASUREMENT FULL
As NISQ devices cannot support full error correction, analysis of the noise and finding ways to suppress it, will increase the chances of obtaining tangible benefits by NISQ computation. A growing body of work in this direction proposes various error correcting and error mitigating protocols with an objective to limit this unwanted noise and possibly achieve error suppression. Therefore, a major focus point of NISQ research is the exploration of noise in currently-available and realistic devices and how the effects of such noise can be mitigated. A major roadblock to obtaining a relevant quantum advantage is the inevitable presence of noise in these systems. In recent years, Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) systems are broadly studied, with a particular focus on investigating how near-term devices could outperform classical computers for practical applications.
