{"id":1823,"date":"2025-09-15T16:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qo.lab.uq.edu.au\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:07:46","slug":"paper-nanomechanical-error-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qo.lab.uq.edu.au\/?p=1823","title":{"rendered":"Paper: Nanomechanical Error Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width:500px;height:500px;\" class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/qo.lab.uq.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nanomechanicalerror_feat.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"height:500px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qo.lab.uq.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nanomechanicalerror_feat.png 548w, https:\/\/qo.lab.uq.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nanomechanicalerror_feat-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>15 Sep 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Error correction is essential for modern computing systems, enabling information to be processed accurately even in the presence of noise. Here, we demonstrate a new approach which exploits an error correcting phase that emerges in a system of three coupled nonlinear resonators. Within this phase, perturbed memory states are autonomously restored via the collective dynamics of the nonlinear network. We implement our scheme using a network of nanomechanical resonators. Nanomechanical systems are an attractive platform for low energy computing, but purely mechanical error correction has not been previously demonstrated. We experimentally show that the error correcting phase provides a 35 times reduction in the rate of errors, and allows robust error correction over a wide range of system parameters. These results highlight how emergent nonlinear dynamics can be harnessed for practical applications, paving the way towards error-resilient nanomechanical computing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-figures\">Browse Figures<\/h4>\n\n\n<div style=\"min-height: 285px;; \" class=\"ub_image_slider alignfull ub-navigation-outside wp-block-ub-image-slider\" id=\"ub-image-slider-b5db7875-6223-440f-b668-c949e958a4cc\"><div class=\"ub-slider-wrapper\"><div class=\"ub-swiper-button-prev swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><div class=\"ub_image_slider swiper-container swiper\" id=\"ub_image_slider_b5db7875-6223-440f-b668-c949e958a4cc\" data-swiper-data='{\"speed\":300,\"spaceBetween\":20,\"slidesPerView\":1,\"loop\":true,\"pagination\":{\"el\": \".swiper-pagination\" , \"type\": \"bullets\", \"clickable\":true},\"navigation\": {\"nextEl\": \".ub-swiper-button-next\", \"prevEl\": 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