Table 1 A complete basis for the learnable linear functions of log Pauli fidelities and Pauli error rates for a single CNOT/SWAP gate

From: The learnability of Pauli noise

Gate

CNOT

SWAP

(a) Cycle basis

lII, lZI, lIX, lZX, lXZ, lYY, lXY, lYZ, 

lIZ + lZZ, lIY + lZY, lIZ + lZY, 

lXI + lXX, lYI + lYX, lXI + lYX

lII, lXX, lXY, lXZ, lYX, lYY, lYZ, lZX, lZY, 

lZZ, lIX + lXI, lIY + lYI, lIZ + lZI, 

lXI + lIY, lXI + lIZ

(b) Learnable Pauli fidelities

λII, λZI, λIX, λZX, λXZ, λYY, λXY, λYZ, 

λIZλZZ, λIYλZY, λIZλZY, 

λXIλXX, λYIλYX, λXIλYX

λII, λXX, λXY, λXZ, λYX, λYY, λYZ, λZX, λZY, 

λZZ, λIXλXI, λIYλYI, λIZλZI, 

λXIλIY, λXIλIZ

(c) Learnable Pauli errors

pII, pZI, pIX, pZX, pXZ, pYY, pXY, pYZ, 

pIZ + pZZ, pIY + pZY, pIZ + pZY, 

pXI + pXX, pYI + pYX, pXI + pYX

pII, pXX, pXY, pXZ, pYX, pYY, pYZ, pZX, pZY, 

pZZ, pIX + pXI, pIY + pYI, pIZ + pZI, 

pXI + pIY, pXI + pIZ

(d) Unlearnable degrees of freedom

λXI, λIZ

λXI