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A continuous-time quantum walk on a graph evolves according to the unitary operator $e^{-iAt}$, where $A$ is the adjacency matrix of the graph. Perfect state transfer (PST) in a quantum walk is the transfer of a quantum state from one node…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-02 Jaideep Mulherkar , Rishikant Rajdeepak , V. Sunitha

We consider a quantum walk with two marked vertices, sender and receiver, and analyze its application to perfect state transfer on complete bipartite graphs. First, the situation with both the sender and the receiver vertex in the same part…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-26 Martin Stefanak , Stanislav Skoupy

We establish the theory for pretty good state transfer in discrete-time quantum walks. For a class of walks, we show that pretty good state transfer is characterized by the spectrum of certain Hermitian adjacency matrix of the graph; more…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Ada Chan , Hanmeng Zhan

Continuous-time quantum walk describes the propagation of a quantum particle (or an excitation) evolving continuously in time on a graph. As such, it provides a natural framework for modeling transport processes, e.g., in light-harvesting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-02 Luca Razzoli , Matteo G. A. Paris , Paolo Bordone

A continuous quantum walk on a graph $X$ with adjacency matrix $A$ is specified by the 1-parameter family of unitary matrices $U(t)=\exp(itA)$. These matrices act on the state space of a quantum system, the states of which we may represent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-12 Chris Godsil

We investigate quantum state transfer on a class of bipartite graphs, namely the butterfly graphs, within the framework of discrete-time quantum walks. These graphs facilitate the construction of scalable quantum networks that enable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Monika Rani , Subhashish Banerjee , Nikhil Swami , Supriyo Dutta

The paper investigates perfect state transfer (PST) in Grover walks on Cayley graphs over the dihedral group $D_n$. The Grover walk is a discrete-time quantum walk widely studied in quantum information processing. A Cayley graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Koushik Bhakta , Bikash Bhattacharjya , Xiwang Cao

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

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

Quantum walks have frequently envisioned the behavior of a quantum state traversing a classically defined, generally finite, graph structure. While this approach has already generated significant results, it imposes a strong assumption: all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-28 John C Vining , Howard A. Blair

We study a transport phenomenon in certain coined quantum walks where a subspace of states localized at a vertex gets transferred to another vertex. We first develop characterizations for perfect and pretty good subspace state transfer…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Yichi Xu , Hanmeng Zhan

Perfect state transfer between two marked vertices of a graph by means of discrete-time quantum walk is analyzed. We consider the quantum walk search algorithm with two marked vertices, sender and receiver. It is shown by explicit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-02 Martin Stefanak , Stanislav Skoupy

We construct families of graphs from linear groups $\mathrm{SL}(2,q)$, $\mathrm{GL}(2,q)$ and $\mathrm{GU}(2,q^2)$, where $q$ is an odd prime power, with the property that the continuous-time quantum walks on the associated networks of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-28 Venkata Raghu Tej Pantangi , Peter Sin

Previously it was shown that (almost) perfect state transfer can be achieved on the complete bipartite graph by a discrete-time coined quantum walk based algorithm when both the sender and receiver vertices are in the same partition of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-09 R. A. M. Santos

This paper focuses on periodicity and perfect state transfer of Grover walks on two well-known families of Cayley graphs, namely, the unitary Cayley graphs and the quadratic unitary Cayley graphs. Let $R$ be a finite commutative ring. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Koushik Bhakta , Bikash Bhattacharjya

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

In this paper, we study pretty good state transfer (PGST) in Grover walks on graphs. We consider transfer of quantum states that are localized at the vertices of a graph and we use Chebyshev polynomials to analyze PGST between such states.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Koushik Bhakta , Bikash Bhattacharjya

We study the existence of quantum state transfer in $\mathcal{Q}$-graphs in this paper. The $\mathcal{Q}$-graph of a graph $G$, denoted by $\mathcal{Q}(G)$, is the graph derived from $G$ by plugging a new vertex to each edge of $G$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-18 Xiao-Qin Zhang , Shu-Yu Cui , Gui-Xian Tian

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

The ability to accurately transfer quantum information through networks is an important primitive in distributed quantum systems. While perfect quantum state transfer (PST) can be effected by a single particle undergoing continuous-time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-01 Steven J. Large , Michael S. Underwood , David L. Feder