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Localization of Multi-State Quantum Walk in One Dimension

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We show analytically that particle trapping appears in a quantum process called "quantum walk", in which the particle moves macroscopically correlating to the inner states. It has been well known that a particle in the ``Hadamard walk" with two inner states spreads away quickly on a line. In contrast, we find one-dimensional quantum walk with multi-state in which a particle stays at the starting point entirely with high positive probability. This striking difference is explained from difference between degeneration of eigenvalues of the time-evolution matrices.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0403153,
  title  = {Localization of Multi-State Quantum Walk in One Dimension},
  author = {Norio Inui and Norio Konno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0403153},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages RevTeX, 4 figures eps

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