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We present a new scheme for a discrete-time quantum walk on two- and three-dimensional lattices using a two-state particle. We use different Pauli basis as translational eigestates for different axis and show that the coin operation, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 C. M. Chandrashekar

Discrete quantum walks are periodically driven systems with discrete time evolution. In contrast to ordinary Floquet systems, no microscopic Hamiltonian exists, and the one-period time evolution is given directly by a series of unitary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-10 Ken Mochizuki , Takumi Bessho , Masatoshi Sato , Hideaki Obuse

Quantum walks are recognizably useful for the development of new quantum algorithms, as well as for the investigation of several physical phenomena in quantum systems. Actual implementations of quantum walks face technological difficulties…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-31 Renato Portugal , Marcos Cesar de Oliveira , Jalil Khatibi Moqadam

Quantum walks are widely and successfully used to model diverse physical processes. This leads to computation of the models, to explore their properties. Quantum walks have also been shown to be universal for quantum computing. This is a…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-04-06 Viv Kendon

Quantum walks are the quantum mechanical analogue of classical random walks and an extremely powerful tool in quantum simulations, quantum search algorithms, and even for universal quantum computing. In our work, we have designed and…

History dependent discrete time quantum walks (QWs) are often studied for their lattice traversal properties. A particular model in the literature uses the state of a memory qubit at each site to record visits and to control the dynamics of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-19 Asif Shakeel

Lazy quantum walks were presented by Andrew M. Childs to prove that the continuous-time quantum walk is a limit of the discrete-time quantum walk [Commun.Math.Phys.294,581-603(2010)]. In this paper, we discuss properties of lazy quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-01 Dan Li , Michael Mc Gettrick , Wei-Wei Zhang , Ke-Jia Zhang

In this study, we investigate the emergence of the quantum boomerang effect in discrete-time quantum walks (DTQWs) subjected to random phase disorder. Our analysis shows that this effect can arise solely from the intrinsic momentum dynamics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-06 A. R. C. Buarque , W. S. Dias , Ernesto P. Raposo

Open quantum walks (OQW) are formulated as quantum Markov chains on graphs. It is shown that OQWs are a very useful tool for the formulation of dissipative quantum computing algorithms and for dissipative quantum state preparation. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-15 S. Attal , F. Petruccione , I. Sinayskiy

We present an investigation of many-particle quantum walks in systems of non-interacting distinguishable particles. Along with a redistribution of the many-particle density profile we show that the collective evolution of the many-particle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-09-19 C. M. Chandrashekar , Th. Busch

A quantum computing algorithm for rhythm generation is presented, which aims to expand and explore quantum computing applications in the arts, particularly in music. The algorithm maps quantum random walk trajectories onto a rhythmspace --…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 María Aguado-Yáñez , Karl Jansen , Daniel Gómez-Marín , Sergi Jordà

Quantum walks with one-dimensional translational symmetry are important for quantum algorithms, where the speed-up of the diffusion speed can be reached if long-range couplings are added. Our work studies a scheme of a ring under the strong…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Yixiang Zhang , Xin Qiao , Luojia Wang , Yanyan He , Zhaohui Dong , Xianfeng Chen , Luqi Yuan

The quantum and classical behaviors of two-dimensional (2D) alternative quantum walk (AQW) in the presence of decoherence have been discussed in detail. For any kinds of decoherence, the analytic expressions for the moments of position…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-20 Tian Chen , Xiangdong Zhang

Topological phases, edge states, and flat bands in synthetic quantum systems are a key resource for topological quantum computing and noise-resilient information processing. We introduce a scheme based on step-dependent quantum walks on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Dinesh Kumar Panda , Colin Benjamin

We analyze the quantum walk in higher spatial dimensions and compare classical and quantum spreading as a function of time. Tensor products of Hadamard transformations and the discrete Fourier transform arise as natural extensions of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Troy D. Mackay , Stephen D. Bartlett , Leigh T. Stephenson , Barry C. Sanders

Quantum walks are powerful tools not only to construct the quantum speedup algorithms but also to describe specific models in physical processes. Furthermore, the discrete time quantum walk has been experimentally realized in various…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-29 Yutaka Shikano , Kota Chisaki , Etsuo Segawa , Norio Konno

We give the first example of faster transport with a quantum walk on an inherently directed graph, on the directed line with a variable number of self-loops at each vertex. These self-loops can be thought of as adding a number of small…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-24 Stephan Hoyer , David A. Meyer

We identify a key difference between quantum search by discrete- and continuous-time quantum walks: a discrete-time walk typically performs one walk step per oracle query, whereas a continuous-time walk can effectively perform multiple walk…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-24 Thomas G. Wong , Andris Ambainis

The quantum walk (QW) has proven to be a valuable testbed for fundamental inquiries in quantum technology applications such as quantum simulation and quantum search algorithms. Many benefits have been found by exploring implementations of…

The study of quantum walks has been shown to have a wide range of applications in areas such as artificial intelligence, the study of biological processes, and quantum transport. The quantum stochastic walk, which allows for incoherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-20 Luke C. G. Govia , Bruno G. Taketani , Peter K. Schuhmacher , Frank K. Wilhelm