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We propose a variation of the quantum walk on a circle in phase space by conjoining the Hadamard coin flip with simultaneous displacement of the walker's location in phase space and show that this generalization is a proper quantum walk…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-05-26 Peng Xue , Barry C. Sanders

In this paper, we consider the quantum walk on $\mathbb{Z}$ with attachment of one-length path periodically. This small modification to $\mathbb{Z}$ provides localization of the quantum walk. The eigenspace causing this localization is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-02 Yusuke Higuchi , Etsuo Segawa

In this paper we focus our attention on a particle that follows a unidirectional quantum walk, an alternative version of the nowadays widespread discrete-time quantum walk on a line. Here the walker at each time step can either remain in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-01 Miquel Montero

In the literature, there are numerous studies of one-dimensional discrete-time quantum walks (DTQWs) using a moving shift operator. However, there is no exact solution for the limiting probability distributions of DTQWs on cycles using a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-20 Xin-Ping Xu , Yusuke Ide

We investigated discrete time quantum walks with an arbitrary initial state $\mid\Psi_{0}(\theta,\phi,\varphi)\rangle=\cos\theta e^{i\phi}\mid0L\rangle+\sin\theta e^{i\varphi}\mid0R\rangle$ with a U(2) coin $U(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-28 Li Min , Cheng ZaiJun , Wang LingJie , Huang HaiBo

The discrete time quantum walk defined as a quantum-mechanical analogue of the discrete time random walk have recently been attracted from various and interdisciplinary fields. In this review, the weak limit theorem, that is, the asymptotic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-15 Yutaka Shikano

It is well known that many real world networks have the power-law degree distribution (scale-free property). However there are no rigorous results for continuous-time quantum walks on such realistic graphs. In this paper, we analyze…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-12 Yusuke Ide , Norio Konno

We analyze the strengths and limitations of steered discrete time quantum walks in generating quantum states of bipartite quantum systems comprising of a qubit coupled to a qudit system. We demonstrate that not all quantum states in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Gururaj Kadiri

We realize a pair of simultaneous ten-step one-dimensional quantum walks with two walkers sharing coins, which we prove is analogous to the ten-step two-dimensional quantum walk with a single walker holding a four-dimensional coin. Our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-22 Peng Xue , Rong Zhang , Zhihao Bian , Xian Zhan , Hao Qin , Barry C. Sanders

We provide an algorithm that factorizes one-dimensional quantum walks into a protocol of two basic operations: A fixed conditional shift that transports particles between cells and suitable coin operators that act locally in each cell. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 C. Cedzich , T. Geib , R. F. Werner

Evolution operators of certain quantum walks possess, apart from the continuous part, also point spectrum. The existence of eigenvalues and the corresponding stationary states lead to partial trapping of the walker in the vicinity of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-08 M. Stefanak , I. Bezdekova , I. Jex , S. M. Barnett

Quantum walks are known to propagate quadratically faster than their classical counterparts and are used to model dynamics in various quantum systems. The spread of the quantum walk in position space shows anomalous diffusion behavior. By…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-24 Abhaya S. Hegde , C. M. Chandrashekar

Quantum walk models have been used as an algorithmic tool for quantum computation and to describe various physical processes. This paper revisits the relationship between relativistic quantum mechanics and the quantum walks. We show the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-29 C. M. Chandrashekar , Subhashish Banerjee , R. Srikanth

In this work, we study the effect of a moving detector on a discrete time one dimensional Quantum Random Walk where the movement is realized in the form of hopping/shifts. The occupation probability $f(x,t;n,s)$ is estimated as the number…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-10 Md Aquib Molla , Sanchari Goswami

We present an approach to induce localization of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a one-dimensional lattice under the influence of unitary quantum walk evolution using disordered quantum coin operation. We introduce a discrete-time quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-25 C. M. Chandrashekar

The quantum walk (QW) is the term given to a family of algorithms governing the evolution of a discrete quantum system and as such has a founding role in the study of quantum computation. We contribute to the investigation of QW phenomena…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-02 Hao Luo , Peng Xue

Quantum random walk in a two-dimensional lattice with randomly distributed traps is investigated. Distributions of quantum walkers are evaluated dynamically for the cases of Hadamard, Fourier, and Grover coins, and quantum to classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-09 Meltem Gonulol , Ekrem Aydiner , Ozgur E. Mustecaplioglu

The phenomenon of localization usually happens due to the existence of disorder in a medium. Nevertheless, certain quantum systems allow dynamical localization solely due to the nature of internal interactions. We study a discrete time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 B. Danacı , İ. Yalçınkaya , B. Çakmak , G. Karpat , S. P. Kelly , A. L. Subaşı

Although quantum walks exhibit peculiar properties that distinguish them from random walks, classical behavior can be recovered in the asymptotic limit by destroying the coherence of the pure state associated to the quantum system. Here I…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-16 Miquel Montero

Consider a discrete-time quantum walk on the $N$-cycle subject to decoherence both on the coin and the position degrees of freedom. By examining the evolution of the density matrix of the system, we derive some new conclusions about the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-20 Chaobin Liu , Nelson Petulante