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Trojan Quantum Walks

Quantum Physics 2020-04-07 v3

Abstract

We investigate the transport properties and entanglement between spin and position of one-dimensional quantum walks starting from a qubit over position states following a delta-like (local state) and Gaussian (delocalized state) distributions. We find out that if the initial state is delocalized enough and a NOT gate reflects this state backwards, then the interference pattern extinguishes the position dispersion without preventing the propagation of the state. This effect allows the creation of a Trojan wave packet, a non-spreading and non-stationary double-peak quantum state.

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@article{arxiv.1809.07462,
  title  = {Trojan Quantum Walks},
  author = {Henrique S. Ghizoni and Edgard P. M. Amorim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.07462},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

8 pages, 3 figures, one column Typo corrections: eqs. 5, 10 and caption of fig. 2

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