${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ lattice gauge theories and Kitaev's toric code: A scheme for analog quantum simulation

Lukas Homeier, Christian Schweizer, Monika Aidelsburger +2

Kitaev's toric code is an exactly solvable model with ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$-topological order, which has potential applications in quantum computation and error correction. However, a dir…