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We introduce a new class of quantum error—correcting codes derived from (classical) Reed—Solomon codes over finite fields of characteristic two. Quantum circuits for encoding and decoding based on the discrete cyclic Fourier transform over finite fields are presented.
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Grassl, M., Geiselmann, W., Beth, T. (1999). Quantum Reed—Solomon Codes. In: Fossorier, M., Imai, H., Lin, S., Poli, A. (eds) Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms and Error-Correcting Codes. AAECC 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1719. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46796-3_23
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