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Quantum walks constitute a rich area of quantum information science, where multipartite entanglement plays a central role in the dynamics and scalability of quantum advantage over classical simulators. In this work, we study the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-27 Emil K. F. Donkersloot , René Sondenheimer , Jan Sperling

For a continuous-time quantum walk on a line the variance of the position observable grows quadratically in time, whereas, for its classical counterpart on the same graph, it exhibits a linear, diffusive, behaviour. A quantum walk, thus,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-01-30 Diego de Falco , Dario Tamascelli

Very much as its classical counterpart, quantum cellular automata are expected to be a great tool for simulating complex quantum systems. Here we introduce a partitioned model of quantum cellular automata and show how it can simulate, with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-07 Pedro C. S. Costa , Renato Portugal , Fernando de Melo

We obtain the uniform measure as a stationary measure of the one-dimensional discrete-time quantum walks by solving the corresponding eigenvalue problem. As an application, the uniform probability measure on a finite interval at a time can…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-10-28 Norio Konno

Hitting times are the average time it takes a walk to reach a given final vertex from a given starting vertex. The hitting time for a classical random walk on a connected graph will always be finite. We show that, by contrast, quantum walks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hari Krovi , Todd A. Brun

An open quantum walk formalism for dissipative quantum computing is presented. The approach is illustrated with the examples of the Toffoli gate and the Quantum Fourier Transform for 3 and 4 qubits. It is shown that the algorithms based on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-28 I. Sinayskiy , F. Petruccione

Discrete-time quantum walks, quantum generalizations of classical random walks, provide a framework for quantum information processing, quantum algorithms and quantum simulation of condensed matter systems. The key property of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-07 Rostislav Duda , Moein N. Ivaki , Isac Sahlberg , Kim Pöyhönen , Teemu Ojanen

Quantum measurements play a fundamental role in quantum mechanics and quantum information processing, but it is not easy to implement generalized measurements, the most powerful measurements allowed by quantum mechanics. Here we propose a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-02 Zihao Li , Haoyu Zhang , Huangjun Zhu

Quantum walk serves as a versatile tool for universal quantum computing and algorithmic research. However, the implementation of discrete-time quantum walks (DTQWs) with superconducting circuits is still constrained by some limitations such…

We analyze the quantum walk in higher spatial dimensions and compare classical and quantum spreading as a function of time. Tensor products of Hadamard transformations and the discrete Fourier transform arise as natural extensions of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Troy D. Mackay , Stephen D. Bartlett , Leigh T. Stephenson , Barry C. Sanders

In this paper we study continuous-time quantum walks on Cayley graphs of the symmetric group, and prove various facts concerning such walks that demonstrate significant differences from their classical analogues. In particular, we show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Heath Gerhardt , John Watrous

A review of discrete quantum walk with two particle is given. The use of different states encountered in identical particle, and the idea of entanglement and superposition is explored to explored the interesting dynamics of two particle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-22 Joachim Nsofini

An implementation method of a gate in a quantum computer is studied in terms of a finite number of steps evolving in time according to a finite number of basic Hamiltonians, which are controlled by on-off switches. As a working example, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Ch. Chatzisavvas , C. Daskaloyannis , C. P. Panos

Quantum discrete-time walkers have, since their introduction, demonstrated applications in algorithmic and in modeling and simulating a wide range of transport phenomena. They have long been considered the discrete-time and discrete space…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-07 Nicolas Jolly , Giuseppe Di Molfetta

This work focuses on understanding the quantum message complexity of two central problems in distributed computing, namely, leader election and agreement in synchronous message-passing communication networks. We show that quantum…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Fabien Dufoulon , Frédéric Magniez , Gopal Pandurangan

Quantum walks and random walks bear similarities and divergences. One of the most remarkable disparities affects the probability of finding the particle at a given location: typically, almost a flat function in the first case and a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-21 Miquel Montero

The interest in quantum walks has been steadily increasing during the last two decades. It is still worth to present new forms of quantum walks that might find practical applications and new physical behaviors. In this work, we define…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-06 Bruno Chagas , Renato Portugal

Quantum computation using continuous-time evolution under a natural hardware Hamiltonian is a promising near- and mid-term direction toward powerful quantum computing hardware. We investigate the performance of continuous-time quantum walks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-24 Adam Callison , Nicholas Chancellor , Florian Mintert , Viv Kendon

The theory of random walks on finite graphs is well developed with numerous applications. In quantum walks, the propagation is governed by quantum mechanical rules; generalizing random walks to the quantum setting. They have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Avah Banerjee

In this article we present an effective Hamiltonian approach for Discrete Time Quantum Random Walk. A form of the Hamiltonian for one dimensional quantum walk has been prescribed, utilizing the fact that Hamiltonians are the generators of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-15 Debajyoti Sarkar , Niladri Paul , Kaushik Bhattacharya , Tarun Kanti Ghosh