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Quantum decoherence plays a pivotal role in the dynamical description of the quantum-to-classical transition and is the main impediment to the realization of devices for quantum information processing. This paper gives an overview of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-15 Maximilian Schlosshauer

Quantum walks have been shown to have a wide range of applications, from artificial intelligence, to photosynthesis, and quantum transport. Quantum stochastic walks (QSWs) generalize this concept to additional non-unitary evolution. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Peter K. Schuhmacher , Luke C. G. Govia , Bruno G. Taketani , Frank K. Wilhelm

We quantitatively differentiate between the spreads of discrete-time quantum and classical random walks on a cyclic graph. Due to the closed nature of any cyclic graph, there is additional "collision"- like interference in the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-28 Jayanth Jayakumar , Sreetama Das , Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen

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

The conventional interpretation of quantum mechanics, though it permits a correspondence to classical physics, leaves the exact mechanism of transition unclear. Though this was only of philosophical importance throughout the twentieth…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-05-22 John Gamble

To discuss the quantum to classical transition in quantum cosmology, we study the decoherence factor and the peak of the Wigner function, which respectively represent the degree of decoherence and the degree to which the classical motion of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-19 Takashi Okamura

Discrete-time quantum walks (QWs) represent robust and versatile platforms for the controlled engineering of single particle quantum dynamics, and have attracted special attention due to their algorithmic applications in quantum information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-14 Simon Moulieras , Maciej Lewenstein , Graciana Puentes

Quantum walks, the quantum mechanical counterpart of classical random walks, is an advanced tool for building quantum algorithms that has been recently shown to constitute a universal model of quantum computation. Quantum walks is now a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-01 Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca

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

Quantum walks (QWs) represent pillars of quantum dynamics and information processing. They provide a powerful framework for simulating quantum transport, designing search algorithms, and enabling universal quantum computation. Several…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-30 E. Stefanutti , J. Philipps , J. Buetow , A. Guidara , M. Nuvoli , A. Chiuri , L. Sansoni

We study the entanglement dynamics of discrete time quantum walks acting on bounded finite sized graphs. We demonstrate that, depending on system parameters, the dynamics may be monotonic, oscillatory but highly regular, or quasi-periodic.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-07 Peter P. Rohde , Alessandro Fedrizzi , Timothy C. Ralph

The random walk of photons in a tight-binding lattice is known to exhibit diffusive motion similar to classical random walks under decoherence, clearly illustrating the quantum-to-classical transition. In this study, we reveal that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-10 Stefano Longhi

It is known that under some assumptions the hitting time in quantum Markov chains is quadratically smaller than the hitting time in classical Markov chains. This work extends this result for decoherent quantum Markov chains. The decoherence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-24 Raqueline A. M. Santos , Renato Portugal , Marcelo D. Fragoso

Quantum walks have wide applications in quantum information, such as universal quantum computation, so it is important to explore properties of quantum walks thoroughly. We propose a novel method to implement discrete-time quantum walks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-09 Qi-Ping Su , Shi-Chao Wang , Yan Chi , Yong-Nan Sun , Li Yu , Zhe Sun , Franco Nori , Chui-Ping Yang

Various quantum-walk based algorithms have been proposed to analyse and rank the centrality of graph vertices. However, issues arise when working with directed graphs --- the resulting non-Hermitian Hamiltonian leads to non-unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 J. A. Izaac , J. B. Wang , P. C. Abbott , X. S. Ma

We consider crossovers with respect to the weak convergence theorems from a discrete-time quantum walk (DTQW). We show that a continuous-time quantum walk (CTQW) and discrete- and continuous-time random walks can be expressed as DTQWs in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-30 Kota Chisaki , Norio Konno , Etsuo Segawa , Yutaka Shikano

We show that the entanglement between the internal (spin) and external (position) degrees of freedom of a qubit in a random (dynamically disordered) one-dimensional discrete time quantum random walk (QRW) achieves its maximal possible value…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-11-04 Rafael Vieira , Edgard P. M. Amorim , Gustavo Rigolin

Quantum walks are a promising framework for developing quantum algorithms and quantum simulations. They represent an important test case for the application of quantum computers. Here we present different forms of discrete-time quantum…

We investigate the quantum transport of delocalized states in continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) on a one-dimensional lattice containing a single defect. The defect is modeled by assigning complex-valued hopping amplitudes to the edges…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 João V. Cordeiro , Eduardo I. Duzzioni , Edgard P. M. Amorim

Quantum walk (QW) utilizes its internal quantum states to decide the displacement, thereby introducing single-particle entanglement between the internal and positional degrees of freedom. By simulating three variants of QW with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-16 Christopher Mastandrea , Chih-Chun Chien