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The study of perfect state transfer on graphs has attracted a great deal of attention during the past ten years because of its applications to quantum information processing and quantum computation. Perfect state transfer is understood to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Shixin Wang , Tao Feng

Pure states correspond to one-dimensional subspaces of $\mathbb{C}^n$ represented by unit vectors. In this paper, we develop the theory of perfect state transfer (PST) between real pure states with emphasis on the adjacency and Laplacian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-13 Chris Godsil , Stephen Kirkland , Hermie Monterde

We completely characterize circulant graphs with valency up to $4$ that admit perfect state transfer. Those of valency $3$ do not admit it. On the other hand, circulant graphs with valency $4$ admit perfect state transfer only in two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-08 Sho Kubota , Kiyoto Yoshino

Perfect state transfer in graphs is a concept arising from quantum physics and quantum computing. Given a graph $G$ with adjacency matrix $A_G$, the transition matrix of $G$ with respect to $A_G$ is defined as $H_{A_{G}}(t) =…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-08 Yipeng Li , Xiaogang Liu , Shenggui Zhang , Sanming Zhou

We consider quantum state transfer on finite graphs which are attached to infinite paths. The finite graph represents an operational quantum system for performing useful quantum information tasks. In contrast, the infinite paths represent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Pierre-Antoine Bernard , Christino Tamon , Luc Vinet , Weichen Xie

We introduce and study peak state transfer, a notion of high state transfer in qubit networks modeled by continuous-time quantum walks. Unlike perfect or pretty good state transfer, peak state transfer does not require fidelity arbitrarily…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-02 Gabriel Coutinho , Krystal Guo , Vincent Schmeits

We describe new constructions of graphs which exhibit perfect state transfer on continuous-time quantum walks. Our constructions are based on variants of the double cones [BCMS09,ANOPRT10,ANOPRT09] and the Cartesian graph products (which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-02 Yang Ge , Benjamin Greenberg , Oscar Perez , Christino Tamon

The question of perfect state transfer existence in quantum spin networks based on weighted graphs has been recently presented by many authors. We give a simple condition for characterizing weighted circulant graphs allowing perfect state…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-04-12 Milan Bašić

In this paper we answer the question of when circulant quantum spin networks with nearest-neighbor couplings can give perfect state transfer. The network is described by a circulant graph $G$, which is characterized by its circulant…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-04-12 Milan Bašić

In a continuous-time quantum walk on a network of qubits, pretty good state transfer is the phenomenon of state transfer between two vertices with fidelity arbitrarily close to 1. We construct families of graphs to demonstrate that there is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-24 Ada Chan , Peter Sin

We propose new families of graphs which exhibit quantum perfect state transfer. Our constructions are based on the join operator on graphs, its circulant generalizations, and the Cartesian product of graphs. We build upon the results of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-09 R. J. Angeles-Canul , R. Norton , M. Opperman , C. Paribello , M. Russell , C. Tamon

A graph is said to exhibit perfect state transfer (PST) if one of its corresponding Hamiltonian matrices, which are based on the vertex-edge structure of the graph, gives rise to PST in a quantum information-theoretic context, namely with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Steve Kirkland , Sarah Plosker , Xiaohong Zhang

We study the existence of state transfer with respect to the $q$-Laplacian matrix of a graph equipped with a non-trivial involution. We show that the occurrence of perfect state transfer between certain pair (or plus) states in such a graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-26 Swornalata Ojha , Hiranmoy Pal

We show a perfect state transfer of an arbitrary unknown two-qubit state can be achieved via a discrete-time quantum walk with various settings of coin flippings, and extend this method to distribution of an arbitrary unknown multi-qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-23 Xiang Zhan , Hao Qin , Zhi-hao Bian , Jian Li , Peng Xue

Let $G$ be a graph with adjacency matrix $A$. The transition matrix of $G$ relative to $A$ is defined by $H_{A}(t):=\exp{(-itA)},\;t\in\Rl$. We say that the graph $G$ admits perfect state transfer between the verteices $u$ and $v$ at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Hiranmoy Pal , Bikash Bhattacharjya

We study scattering for continuous-time quantum walks on finite graphs with two attached leads. We derive explicit formulae for the two-terminal scattering matrix in terms of characteristic polynomials of the finite graph and its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 Allan John Gerrard , Ryo Asaka , Kazumitsu Sakai

We study perfect state transfer on quantum networks represented by weighted graphs. Our focus is on graphs constructed from the join and related graph operators. Some specific results we prove include: (1) The join of a weighted two-vertex…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-09 R. J. Angeles-Canul , R. Norton , M. Opperman , C. Paribello , M. Russell , C. Tamon

Let $G$ be a graph with adjacency matrix $A$. The transition matrix corresponding to $G$ is defined by $H(t):=\exp{\left(itA\right)}$, $t\in\Rl$. The graph $G$ is said to have perfect state transfer (PST) from a vertex $u$ to another vertex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Hiranmoy Pal , Bikash Bhattacharjya

Quantum walks are a well-established model for the study of coherent transport phenomena and provide a universal platform in quantum information theory. Dynamically influencing the walker's evolution gives a high degree of flexibility for…

We consider an exact state transmission, where a density matrix in one information processor A at time $t=0$ is exactly equal to that in another processor B at a later time. We demonstrate that there always exists a complete set of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Lian-Ao Wu , Yu-xi Liu , Franco Nori