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A limit distribution for a quantum walk driven by a five-diagonal unitary matrix

Quantum Physics 2021-02-11 v2 Probability

Abstract

In this paper, we work on a quantum walk whose system is manipulated by a five-diagonal unitary matrix, and present long-time limit distributions. The quantum walk launches off a location and delocalizes in distribution as its system is getting updated. The five-diagonal matrix contains a phase term and the quantum walk becomes a standard coined walk when the phase term is fixed at special values. Or, the phase term gives an effect on the quantum walk. As a result, we will see an explicit form of a long-time limit distribution for a quantum walk driven by the matrix, and thanks to the exact form, we understand how the quantum walker approximately distributes in space after the long-time evolution has been executed on the walk.

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@article{arxiv.1903.07192,
  title  = {A limit distribution for a quantum walk driven by a five-diagonal unitary matrix},
  author = {Takuya Machida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.07192},
  year   = {2021}
}

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19 pages, 4 figures

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