3 research outputs found
On nested code pairs from the Hermitian curve
Nested code pairs play a crucial role in the construction of ramp secret
sharing schemes [Kurihara et al. 2012] and in the CSS construction of quantum
codes [Ketkar et al. 2006]. The important parameters are (1) the codimension,
(2) the relative minimum distance of the codes, and (3) the relative minimum
distance of the dual set of codes. Given values for two of them, one aims at
finding a set of nested codes having parameters with these values and with the
remaining parameter being as large as possible. In this work we study nested
codes from the Hermitian curve. For not too small codimension, we present
improved constructions and provide closed formula estimates on their
performance. For small codimension we show how to choose pairs of one-point
algebraic geometric codes in such a way that one of the relative minimum
distances is larger than the corresponding non-relative minimum distance.Comment: 28 page
Steane-Enlargement of Quantum Codes from the Hermitian Curve
In this paper, we study the construction of quantum codes by applying
Steane-enlargement to codes from the Hermitian curve. We cover
Steane-enlargement of both usual one-point Hermitian codes and of order bound
improved Hermitian codes. In particular, the paper contains two constructions
of quantum codes whose parameters are described by explicit formulae, and we
show that these codes compare favourably to existing, comparable constructions
in the literature.Comment: 11 page