Nonbinary Quantum Stabilizer Codes

01 January 2001

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We define and show how to construct nonbinary quantum stabilizer codes. Our approach is based on nonbinary error bases. It generalizes the relationship between selforthogonal codes over F sub 4 and binary quantum codes to one between selforthogonal codes over F sub q2 and q-ary quantum codes for any prime power q. Index Terms - quantum stabilizer codes, nonbinary quantum codes, selforthogonal codes.