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We investigate the chiral quantum walk (CQW) as a mechanism for an entanglement transfer on a triangular chain structure. We specifically consider two-site spatially entangled cases in short-time and long-time regimes. Using the concurrence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-23 Utku Sağlam , Mauro Paternostro , Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu

Continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) on dynamic graphs, referred to as dynamic CTQWs, are a recently introduced universal model of computation that offers a new paradigm in which to envision quantum algorithms. In this work we develop an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Alvin Gonzales , Rebekah Herrman , Colin Campbell , Igor Gaidai , Ji Liu , Teague Tomesh , Zain H. Saleem

Discrete-time quantum walks (DTQWs) provide a convenient platform for a realisation of many topological phases in noninteracting systems. They often offer more possibilities than systems with a static Hamiltonian. Nevertheless, researchers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-08 Andrzej Grudka , Marcin Karczewski , Pawel Kurzynski , Jan Wojcik , Antoni Wojcik

We analyze a special class of 1-D quantum walks (QWs) realized using optical multi-ports. We assume non-perfect multi-ports showing errors in the connectivity, i.e. with a small probability the multi- ports can connect not to their nearest…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-10-06 H. Lavička , V. Potoček , T. Kiss , E. Lutz , I. Jex

Dynamical evolution of systems with sparse Hamiltonians can always be recognized as continuous time quantum walks (CTQWs) on graphs. In this paper, we analyze the short time asymptotics of CTQWs. In recent studies, it was shown that for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-25 Balázs Endre Szigeti , Gábor Homa , Zoltán Zimborás , Norbert Barankai

Recent findings suggest that processes such as the electronic energy transfer through the photosynthetic antenna display quantal features, aspects known from the dynamics of charge carriers along polymer backbones. Hence, in modeling energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Elena Agliari , Oliver Muelken , Alexander Blumen

The quantum walk (QW), as the quantum analog of classical random walk, provides a feasible platform to study the topological phenomenon and non-equilibrium dynamics. Here, we propose a novel scheme to realize the quantum walk with a single…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Hao-Qing Zhang , Ming-Zhong Ai , Jin-Ming Cui , Yong-Jian Han , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo

Continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) exhibit localization phenomena that differ fundamentally from their classical counterparts, yet the precise relationship between network structure, spectral degeneracy, and confined dynamics remains…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Shyam Dhamapurkar , K. Venkata Subrahmanyam

Quantum Stochastic Walks (QSW) allow for a generalization of both quantum and classical random walks by describing the dynamic evolution of an open quantum system on a network, with nodes corresponding to quantum states of a fixed basis. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-31 Nicola Dalla Pozza , Filippo Caruso

We treat a position dependent quantum walk (QW) on the line which we assign two different time-evolution operators to positive and negative parts respectively. We call the model "the two-phase QW" here, which has been expected to be a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-09-22 Shimpei Endo , Takako Endo , Norio Konno , Etsuo Segawa , Masato Takei

Parrondo's paradox, where the alternation of two losing strategies can produce a winning outcome, has recently been demonstrated in continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) through periodic defect modulation. We extend this phenomenon to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 José J. Ximenes , Marcelo A. Pires , José M. Villas-Bôas

We present a quantum-dynamical framework for identifying structurally important residues in proteins based on continuous time quantum walks (CTQWs) on weighted residue interaction networks constructed from experimentally resolved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Shah Ishmam Mohtashim , Manas Sajjan , Sabre Kais

A two-dimensional discrete-time quantum walk (DTQW) can be realized by alternating a two-state DTQW in one spatial dimension followed by an evolution in the other dimension. This was shown to reproduce a probability distribution for a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-09 Takuya Machida , C. M. Chandrashekar

The study of quantum walk processes has been widely divided into two standard variants, the discrete-time quantum walk (DTQW) and the continuous-time quantum walk (CTQW). The connection between the two variants has been established by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-08 C. M. Chandrashekar

We offer theoretical explanations for some recent observations in numerical simulations of quantum random walks (QRW). Specifically, in the case of a QRW on the line with one particle (walker) and two entangled coins, we explain the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-12-11 Chaobin Liu , Nelson Petulante

Continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) provide a versatile framework for exploring quantum transport on graphs. In this work, we investigate how the introduction of edge-weight modulation at a single vertex can suppress its occupation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Rafael Vieira , Edgard P. M. Amorim

We demonstrate a coined quantum walk over ten steps in a one-dimensional network of linear optical elements. By applying single-point phase defects, the translational symmetry of an ideal standard quantum walk is broken resulting in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-27 P. Xue , H. Qin , B. Tang

Continuous-time quantum walk (CTQW) on a given graph is investigated by using the techniques of the spectral analysis and inverse Laplace transform of the Stieltjes function (Stieltjes transform of the spectral distribution) associated with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Jafarizadeh , R. Sufiani

Continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) provide a valuable model for quantum transport, universal quantum computation and quantum spatial search, among others. Recently, the empowering role of new degrees of freedom in the Hamiltonian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Massimo Frigerio , Claudia Benedetti , Stefano Olivares , Matteo G. A. Paris

In discrete-time quantum walk (DTQW) the walker's coin space entangles with the position space after the very first step of the evolution. This phenomenon may be exploited to obtain the value of the coin parameter $\theta$ by performing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-10 Shivani Singh , C. M. Chandrashekar , Matteo G. A. Paris