Non-Abelian statistics with mixed-boundary punctures on the toric code

Abstract

The toric code is a simple and exactly solvable example of topological order realising Abelian anyons. However, it was shown to support non-local lattice defects, namely twists, which exhibit non-Abelian anyonic behaviour [1]. Motivated by this result, we investigated the potential of having non-Abelian statistics from puncture defects on the toric code. We demonstrate that an encoding with mixed-boundary punctures reproduces Ising fusion, and a logical Pauli-$X$ upon their braiding. Our construction paves the way for local lattice defects to exhibit non-Abelian properties that can be employed for quantum information tasks.

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