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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

Quantum walks have emerged as an interesting alternative to the usual circuit model for quantum computing. While still universal for quantum computing, the quantum walk model has very different physical requirements, which lends itself more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Peter P. Rohde , Andreas Schreiber , Martin Stefanak , Igor Jex , Christine Silberhorn

We present a discrete-time, one-dimensional quantum walk based on the entanglement between the momentum of ultracold rubidium atoms (the walk space) and two internal atomic states (the "coin" degree of freedom). Our scheme is highly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Siamak Dadras , Alexander Gresch , Caspar Groiseau , Sandro Wimberger , Gil S. Summy

In this paper, we investigate continuous-time quantum walk on star graphs. It is shown that quantum central limit theorem for a continuous-time quantum walk on star graphs for $N$-fold star power graph, which are invariant under the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Salimi

Random walk on the set of irreducible representations of a finite group is investigated. For the symmetric and general linear groups, a sharp convergence rate bound is obtained and a cutoff phenomenon is proved. As related results, an…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jason Fulman

Quantum walks are the quantum-mechanical analog of random walks, in which a quantum `walker' evolves between initial and final states by traversing the edges of a graph, either in discrete steps from node to node or via continuous evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Michael S. Underwood , David L. Feder

The quantum random walk is a possible approach to construct new quantum algorithms. Several groups have investigated the quantum random walk and experimental schemes were proposed. In this paper we present the experimental implementation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jiangfeng Du , Hui Li , Xiaodong Xu , Mingjun Shi , Jihui Wu , Xianyi Zhou , Rongdian Han

Advances in recent years have made it possible to explore quantum dots as a viable technology for scalable quantum information processing. Charge qubits for example can be realized in the lowest bound states of coupled quantum dots and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 K Manouchehri , J. B. Wang

We analyse the eigenvalue and eigenvector structure of the flip-flop quantum walk on regular graphs, explicitly demonstrating how it is quadratically faster than the classical random walk. Then we use it in a controlled spatial search…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-18 Abhijith J. , Apoorva Patel

We analyze in detail the discrete--time quantum walk on the line by separating the quantum evolution equation into Markovian and interference terms. As a result of this separation, it is possible to show analytically that the quadratic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Romanelli , A. C. Sicardi-Schifino , R. Siri , G. Abal , A. Auyuanet , R. Donangelo

The effect of unitary noise on the discrete one-dimensional quantum walk is studied using computer simulations. For the noiseless quantum walk, starting at the origin (n=0) at time t=0, the position distribution Pt(n) at time t is very…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel Shapira , Ofer Biham , A. J. Bracken , Michelle Hackett

Quantum computers are susceptible to noises from the outside world. We investigate the effect of perturbation on the hitting time of a quantum walk and the stationary distribution prepared by a quantum walk based algorithm. The perturbation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-12 Chen-Fu Chiang

Classical random walks on well-behaved graphs are rapidly mixing towards the uniform distribution. Moore and Russell showed that a continuous quantum walk on the hypercube is instantaneously uniform mixing. We show that the continuous-time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Amir Ahmadi , Ryan Belk , Christino Tamon , Carolyn Wendler

In this paper we study quantum algorithms for NP-complete problems whose best classical algorithm is an exponential time application of dynamic programming. We introduce the path in the hypercube problem that models many of these dynamic…

We consider random walks in which the walk originates in one set of nodes and then continues until it reaches one or more nodes in a target set. The time required for the walk to reach the target set is of interest in understanding the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-01-11 Andrew Clark , Basel Alomair , Linda Bushnell , Radha Poovendran

Quantum random walks on graphs have been shown to display many interesting properties, including exponentially fast hitting times when compared with their classical counterparts. However, it is still unclear how to use these novel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Neil Shenvi , Julia Kempe , K. Birgitta Whaley

We investigate the hitting times of random walks on graphs, where a hitting time is defined as the number of steps required for a random walker to move from one node to another. While much of the existing literature focuses on calculating…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Anuraag Kumar

Quantum walks are known to have nontrivial interactions with absorbing boundaries. In particular it has been shown that an absorbing boundary in the one dimensional quantum walk partially reflects information, as observed by absorption…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-11 Parker Kuklinski

When confined to a topological environment consisting of a cycle coupled with a half-line, quantum walks exhibit long-term statistical tendencies which differ dramatically from the tendencies of classical random walks in the same…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-08 Forrest Ingram-Johnson , Chaobin Liu , Nelson Petulante

We consider a discrete-time quantum walk, called the Grover walk, on a distance regular graph $X$. Given that $X$ has diameter $d$ and invertible adjacency matrix, we show that the square of the transition matrix of the Grover walk on $X$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Hanmeng Zhan