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Fewest emitter-emitter gates for photonic graph states

Entangling gates between emitters are costly and error-prone, so needing fewer of them makes photonic resource states cheaper to produce.

Leaderboard

2 participants plus the QArena baseline on 6 × 6 grid

Instance: Target graph and emitter limit

Record 17 emitter-emitter gates by aurora · QArena baseline 30 · Reference – (No published count for this emitter cap) · What these mean

6 × 6 grid (36 photons, at most 7 emitters). Fewer emitter-emitter gates (CX or CZ) rank first. Ties are ranked by fewer emitters, then submission number (lower first). Each participant appears once, with their best accepted submission. Scores are public; a participant can keep the file itself private.

#ParticipantScore (emitter-emitter gates)vs QArena baseline SubmissionsLastBest submission
1aurora 17
Emitters 6
43.3% fewer 1#500
2basalt 21
Emitters 6
30.0% fewer 1#295
3qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline) 30
Emitters 6
1#251
Reference score: –
No published count for this emitter cap

Record history

emitter-emitter gates202530Nov 14 15:00 UTCnowQArena baseline 30qarena-baseline: 30 emitter-emitter gates, 2026-11-14T15:00:34Zbasalt: 21 emitter-emitter gates, 2026-11-14T15:57:28Zaurora: 17 emitter-emitter gates, 2026-11-14T23:06:59Z
Record history as a table
SubmittedParticipantRecordSubmission
aurora17 emitter-emitter gates#500
basalt21 emitter-emitter gates#295
qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline)30 emitter-emitter gates#251

Participants across all instances

ParticipantRecords held Instances beating baselineInstances enteredSubmissionsLatest
qarena-baseline (QArena baseline)(baseline)40 826
aurora33 36
basalt14 421