Understanding holographic error correction via unique algebras and atomic examples

Abstract: We introduce a fully constructive characterisation of holographic quantum error-correcting codes. That is, given a code and an erasure error we give a recipe to explicitly compute the terms in the RT formula. Using this formalism, we employ quantum circuits to construct a number of examples of holographic codes. Our codes have nontrivial holographic properties and are simpler than existing approaches built on tensor networks. Finally, leveraging a connection between correctable and private systems we prove the uniqueness of the algebra satisfying complementary recovery. The material is presented with the goal of accessibility to researchers in quantum information with no prior background in holography.