surfq 0.1.3

A surface code simulator

SurfQ

SurfQ is a Python framework for efficiently simulating surface codes under noise. The aim is to enable detailed investigation of the behavior of surface codes under different physical error models, supporting advanced fault-tolerant protocols such as lattice surgery, state injection, and magic state distillation as future extensions.

Features:

• Intuitive surface code representation
• Apply quantum operations: X, Z, H, CNOT, and syndrome measurement
• Simulate various noise channels: Pauli noise, depolarizing, bit-flip, phase-flip errors
• Analyse logical error rates and syndrome measurement statistics for error correction
• Modular and extensible framework for surface code simulation and fault-tolerant quantum protocols

Examples

uv run examples/main.py

Notebooks

uvx juv run notebooks/main.py

References

• Improved Simulation of Stabilizer Circuits – Aaronson and Gottesman, 2008
• Stim: a fast stabilizer circuit simulator – Gidney, 2021
• STABSim: A Parallelized Clifford Simulator with Features Beyond Direct Simulation – Garner et al., 2025
• The Heisenberg Representation of Quantum Computers - Gottesman, 2024