April 11, 2025

Qubits, Physical & Logical (Podcast)

 

   
Qubits, Physical & Logical (Podcast)

   



In quantum computing, a qubit is the fundamental unit of information, analogous to a bit (binary digit) in classical computing, but capable of representing 0, 1, or a superposition of both.


A physical qubit is a real, physical system (like a trapped ion or a superconducting circuit) that can exist in a superposition of states.


A logical qubit is a collection of multiple physical qubits to achieve greater stability and error correction.  It's not a physical entity, but a redundant encoding of qubit's quantum state using multiple physical qubits.


Listen to the podcast for detail explanation.