Efficient quantum Gibbs sampling of stabilizer codes using hybrid computation (2511.10839v1)

Abstract: We present hybrid Gibbs sampling algorithms for the stabilizer code Hamiltonians of the rotated surface code and the toric code with only local quantum algorithms, using $\sim L/2$ quantum circuit depth to prepare the Gibbs state of the rotated surface code Hamiltonian, and $L$ quantum circuit depth to prepare the Gibbs state of the toric code Hamiltonian, being $L$ the side of the side of the square lattice. We further show that if we allow for non-local gates, the Gibbs state of the periodic 1D Ising model can be prepared in logarithmic depth and linearly many simultaneous measurements.