Asymptotically good binary triorthogonal codes and higher-level transversal gates

Abstract: For each level of the Clifford hierarchy from the third level onward, we construct explicit asymptotically good binary CSS codes supporting diagonal transversal gates in that level. We achieve this using algebraic geometry codes over binary extension fields and performing an alphabet reduction that translates orthogonality conditions over the extension field to binary overlap conditions. In particular, we obtain the first asymptotically good family of binary triorthogonal codes. We also give a stronger construction with worse parameters for which no subsequent correction is required. Finally, adapting an error-correction-based distillation protocol, our binary $T$-gate families yield constant-overhead $T$-state block distillation under sufficiently weak input noise and ideal stabilizer operations.