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Multi-photon quantum walks in integrated optics are an attractive controlled quantum system, that can mimic less readily accessible quantum systems and exhibit behavior that cannot in general be accurately replicated by classical light…

We report on the possibility of controlling quantum random walks with a step-dependent coin. The coin is characterized by a (single) rotation angle. Considering different rotation angles, one can find diverse probability distributions for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-23 S. Panahiyan , S. Fritzsche

We present a new scheme for a discrete-time quantum walk on two- and three-dimensional lattices using a two-state particle. We use different Pauli basis as translational eigestates for different axis and show that the coin operation, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 C. M. Chandrashekar

We study a class of Unitary Quantum Walks on arbitrary graphs, parameterized by a family of scattering matrices. These Scattering Quantum Walks model the discrete dynamics of a system on the edges of the graph, with a scattering process at…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-10 Alain Joye

We introduce quantum walks with a time-dependent coin, and show how they include, as a particular case, the generalized quantum walk recently studied by Wojcik et al. {[}Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{93}, 180601(2004){]} which exhibits…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. C. Banuls , C. Navarrete , A. Perez , Eugenio Roldan , J. C. Soriano

Quantum walks, both discrete and continuous, serve as fundamental tools in quantum information processing with diverse applications. This work introduces a hybrid quantum walk model that integrates the coin mechanism of discrete walks with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-12 Tianen Chen , Yun Shang

Split-step quantum walks are models of supersymmetric quantum walk, and thus their Witten indices can be defined. We prove that the Witten index of a split-step quantum walk coincides with the difference between the winding numbers of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-07-02 Yasumichi Matsuzawa

The staggered quantum walk is a type of discrete-time quantum walk model without a coin which can be generated on a graph using particular partitions of the graph nodes. We design Hamiltonians for potential realization of the staggered…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-25 Jalil Khatibi Moqadam , Ali T. Rezakhani

We present a generalized definition of discrete-time quantum walks convenient for capturing a rather broad spectrum of walker's behavior on arbitrary graphs. It includes and covers both: the geometry of possible walker's positions with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 Jan Mareš , Jaroslav Novotný , Igor Jex

We derive the continuous spacetime limit of the one dimensional lazy discrete time quantum walk, obtaining explicit macroscopic evolution equations for a three state model in the presence of decoherence. While continuum limits of two state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-19 Lara Janiurek , Viv Kendon

A discrete-time staggered quantum walk was recently introduced as a generalization that allows to unify other versions, such as the coined and Szegedy's walk. However, it also produces new forms of quantum walks not covered by previous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 Bruno Chagas , Renato Portugal , Stefan Boettcher , Etsuo Segawa

We outline a theory of symmetry protected topological phases of one-dimensional quantum walks. We assume spectral gaps around the symmetry-distinguished points +1 and -1, in which only discrete eigenvalues are allowed. The phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-21 C. Cedzich , F. A. Grünbaum , C. Stahl , L. Velázquez , A. H. Werner , R. F. Werner

In this paper, we study the discrete-time quantum walks on 1D Chain with the moving and swapping shift operators. We derive analytical solutions for the eigenvalues and eigenstates of the evolution operator $\hat{U}$ using the Chebyshev…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-03-14 Xin-Ping Xu , Xiao-Kun Zhang , Yusuke Ide , Norio Konno

We study decoherence in the quantum walk on the xy-plane. We generalize the method of decoherent coin quantum walk, introduced by [T.A. Brun, et.al, Phys.Rev.A 67 (2003) 032304],which could be applicable to all sorts of decoherence in two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-12-30 Clement Ampadu

We present a discrete-time, one-dimensional quantum walk based on the entanglement between the momentum of ultracold rubidium atoms (the walk space) and two internal atomic states (the "coin" degree of freedom). Our scheme is highly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Siamak Dadras , Alexander Gresch , Caspar Groiseau , Sandro Wimberger , Gil S. Summy

Estimation of the coin parameter(s) is an important part of the problem of implementing more robust schemes for quantum simulation using quantum walks. We present the estimation of the quantum coin parameter used for one-dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-10 Parth Rajauria , Prateek Chawla , C. M. Chandrashekar

We elaborate on a model of quantum random walk proposed by Hillery et. al., and Jeong et. al., which uses the multiports for quantum "coin tossing". The dynamics of this model is analyzed for the case when the multiports are arranged on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Jozef Košík , Vladimír Bužek

We study how discrete-time quantum walks behave under short-range correlated noise. By considering noise as a source of inhomogeneity of quantum gates, we introduce a primitive relaxation in the assumption of uncorrelated stochastic noise:…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-13 Graça R. M. de Almeida , N. Amaral , A. R. C. Buarque , W. S. Dias

The behaviors of one-dimensional quantum random walks are strikingly different from those of classical ones. However, when decoherence is involved, the limiting distributions take on many classical features over time. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kai Zhang

Constructing a discrete model like a cellular automaton is a powerful method for understanding various dynamical systems. However, the relationship between the discrete model and its continuous analogue is, in general, nontrivial. As a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-24 Yutaka Shikano , Tatsuaki Wada , Junsei Horikawa