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Quantum random walks have been shown to be powerful quantum algorithms for certain tasks on graphs like database searching, quantum simulations etc. In this work we focus on its applications for the graph isomorphism problem. In particular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-21 Sachin Kasture , Shaheen Acheche , Loic Henriet , Louis-Paul Henry

It has been discovered that open quantum walks diffusively distribute in space, since they were introduced in 2012. Indeed, some limit distributions have been demonstrated and most of them are described by Gaussian distributions. We operate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-20 Takuya Machida

Quantum walks have by now been realized in a large variety of different physical settings. In some of these, particularly with trapped ions, the walk is implemented in phase space, where the corresponding position states are not orthogonal.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-02 R. Matjeschk , A. Ahlbrecht , M. Enderlein , Ch. Cedzich , A. H. Werner , M. Keyl , T. Schaetz , R. F. Werner

This tutorial article showcases the many varieties and uses of quantum walks. Discrete time quantum walks are introduced as counterparts of classical random walks. The emphasis is on the connections and differences between the two types of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-16 Daniel Reitzner , Daniel Nagaj , Vladimir Buzek

This paper reviews recent advances in continuous-time quantum walks (CTQW) and their application to transport in various systems. The introduction gives a brief survey of the historical background of CTQW. After a short outline of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Oliver Muelken , Alexander Blumen

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

High-dimensional quantum systems can offer extended possibilities and multiple advantages while developing advanced quantum technologies. In this paper, we propose a class of quantum-walk architecture networks that admit the efficient…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-12 Hengji Li , Jian Li , Xiubo Chen

We propose a new model for a measurement of a characteristic of a microscopic quantum state by a large system that selects stochastically the different eigenstates with appropriate quantum weights. Unlike previous works which formulate a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-01-24 Fariel Shafee

We show that a quantum state transfer, previously studied as a continuous time process in networks of interacting spins, can be achieved within the model of discrete time quantum walks with position dependent coin. We argue that due to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-05 Pawel Kurzynski , Antoni Wojcik

A new model of quantum random walks is introduced, on lattices as well as on finite graphs. These quantum random walks take into account the behavior of open quantum systems. They are the exact quantum analogues of classical Markov chains.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-14 S. Attal , F. Petruccione , C. Sabot , I. Sinayskiy

Financial markets are noisy yet contain a latent graph-theoretic structure that can be exploited for superior risk-adjusted returns. We propose a quantum stochastic walk (QSW) optimizer that embeds assets in a weighted graph: nodes…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2026-02-05 Yen Jui Chang , Wei-Ting Wang , Yun-Yuan Wang , Chen-Yu Liu , Kuan-Cheng Chen , Ching-Ray Chang

Quantum walk (QW), which is considered as the quantum counterpart of the classical random walk (CRW), is actually the quantum extension of CRW from the single-coin interpretation. The sequential unitary evolution engenders correlation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-11 Jin-Fu Chen , Yu-Han Ma , Chang-Pu Sun

Quantum walks behave differently from what we expect and their probability distributions have unique structures. They have localization, singularities, a gap, and so on. Those features have been discovered from the view point of mathematics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-05 Takuya Machida

The behaviour of random quantum walks is known to be diffusive. Here we study discrete time quantum walks in weak stochastic gauge fields. In the case of position and spin dependent gauge field, we observe a transition from ballistic to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-21 Jan Wójcik

Distributing arbitrary graph states across quantum networks is a central challenge for modular quantum computing and measurement-based quantum communication. We introduce the phase quantum walk (PQW), a discrete-time quantum walk in which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Soumyojyoti Dutta

Quantum walks, both discrete (coined) and continuous time, form the basis of several quantum algorithms and have been used to model processes such as transport in spin chains and quantum chemistry. The enhanced spreading and mixing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-10 Godfrey Leung , Paul Knott , Joe Bailey , Viv Kendon

We present benchmarking results for the non-variational Quantum Walk Optimisation Algorithm (non-variational QWOA) applied to the weighted maxcut problem, using classical simulations for problem sizes up to $n = 31$. The amplified quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-02 Tavis Bennett , Aidan Smith , Edric Matwiejew , Jingbo Wang

Quantum computing has the potential to solve complex problems faster and more efficiently than classical computing. It can achieve speedups by leveraging quantum phenomena like superposition, entanglement, and tunneling. Quantum walks (QWs)…

Quantum Cryptography is a rapidly developing field of research that benefits from the properties of Quantum Mechanics in performing cryptographic tasks. Quantum walks are a powerful model for quantum computation and very promising for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-04 C. Vlachou , J. Rodrigues , P. Mateus , N. Paunković , A. Souto

I introduce a new type of continuous-time quantum walk on graphs called the quantum snake walk, the basis states of which are fixed-length paths (snakes) in the underlying graph. First I analyze the quantum snake walk on the line, and I…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Ansis Rosmanis