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Quantum walks on networks are a paradigmatic model in quantum information theory. Quantum-walk algorithms have been developed for various applications, including spatial-search problems, element-distinctness problems, and node centrality…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Lucas Böttcher , Mason A. Porter

We investigate novel transport properties of chiral continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) on graphs. By employing a gauge transformation, we demonstrate that CTQWs on chiral chains are equivalent to those on non-chiral chains, but with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-25 Yi-Cong Yu , Xiaoming Cai

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 introduce the quantum stochastic walk (QSW), which determines the evolution of generalized quantum mechanical walk on a graph that obeys a quantum stochastic equation of motion. Using an axiomatic approach, we specify the rules for all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-09 César A. Rodríguez-Rosario , James D. Whitfield , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

We study a quantum walk (QW) whose time evolution is induced by a random walk (RW) first introduced by Szegedy (2004). We focus on a relation between recurrent properties of the RW and localization of the corresponding QW. We find the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-11 Etsuo Segawa

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

Continuous-time open quantum walks (CTOQW) are introduced as the formulation of quantum dynamical semigroups of trace-preserving and completely positive linear maps (or quantum Markov semigroups) on graphs. We show that a CTOQW always…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-19 Chaobin Liu , Radhakrishnan Balu

We propose a novel heuristic quantum algorithm for the Minimum Vertex Cover (MVC) problem based on continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs). In this framework, the coherent propagation of a quantum walker over a graph encodes its structural…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 F. S. Luiz , A. K. F. Iwakami , D. H. Moraes , M. C. de Oliveira

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

We consider quantum walks defined on arbitrary infinite graphs, parameterized by a family of scattering matrices attached to the vertices. Multiplying each scattering matrix by an i.i.d. random phase, we obtain a random scattering quantum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-16 Alain Joye , Andreas Schaefer , Simone Warzel

The n-dimensional hypercube quantum random walk (QRW) is a particularily appealing example of a quantum walk because it has a natural implementation on a register on $n$ qubits. However, any real implementation will encounter decoherence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-06 Milosh Drezgich , Andrew P. Hines , Mohan Sarovar , Shankar Sastry

In this paper, we study decoherence in continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) on one-dimension regular networks. For this purpose, we assume that every node is represented by a quantum dot continuously monitored by an individual point…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-20 S. Salimi , R. Radgohar

We address the dynamics of continuous-time quantum walk (CTQW) on planar 2D lattice graphs, i.e. those forming a regular tessellation of the Euclidean plane (triangular, square, and honeycomb lattice graphs). We first consider the free…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-01 Luca Razzoli , Matteo G. A. Paris , Paolo Bordone

Quantum walks are considered in a one-dimensional random medium characterized by static or dynamic disorder. Quantum interference for static disorder can lead to Anderson localization which completely hinders the quantum walk and it is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yue Yin , D. E. Katsanos , S. N. Evangelou

Quantum walks have been shown to have impressive transport properties compared to classical random walks. However, imperfections in the quantum walk algorithm can destroy any quantum mechanical speed-up due to Anderson localization. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Steven R. Jackson , Teng Jian Khoo , Frederick W. Strauch

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

Quantum walks are promising for information processing tasks because on regular graphs they spread quadratically faster than random walks. Static disorder, however, can turn the tables: unlike random walks, quantum walks can suffer Anderson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-18 Tibor Rakovszky , Janos K. Asboth

We study coined Random Quantum Walks on the hexagonal lattice, where the strength of disorder is monitored by the coin matrix. Each lattice site is equipped with an i.i.d. random variable that is uniformly distributed on the torus and acts…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Andreas Schaefer

In a recent work by Novo et al. (Sci. Rep. 5, 13304, 2015), the invariant subspace method was applied to the study of continuous-time quantum walk (CTQW). The method helps to reduce a graph into a simpler version that allows more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-22 Chen-Fu Chiang , Chang-Yu Hsieh