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Average position of quantum walks with an arbitrary initial state

Quantum Physics 2016-03-28 v2

Abstract

We investigated discrete time quantum walks with an arbitrary initial state Ψ0(θ,ϕ,φ)=cosθeiϕ0L+sinθeiφ0R\mid\Psi_{0}(\theta,\phi,\varphi)\rangle=\cos\theta e^{i\phi}\mid0L\rangle+\sin\theta e^{i\varphi}\mid0R\rangle with a U(2) coin U(α,β,γ)U(\alpha,\beta,\gamma). We discover that the average position xˉ=max(xˉ)cos(α+γ+ϕφ)\bar{x}=\max(\bar{x})\cos(\alpha+\gamma+\phi-\varphi), with coin operator U(α,π/4,γ)U(\alpha,\pi/4,\gamma) and initial state Φ0(π/4,ϕ,φ)=(eiϕ0L+eiφ0R)2/2\mid\Phi_{0}(\pi/4,\phi,\varphi)\rangle=(e^{i\phi}\mid0L\rangle+e^{i\varphi}\mid0R\rangle)\sqrt{2}/2. If we set initial state and coin operator to Φ0(θ,π/2,0)=icosθ0L+sinθ0R)\mid\Phi_{0}\rangle(\theta,\pi/2,0)=i\cos\theta\mid0L\rangle+\sin\theta\mid0R\rangle) and coin operator U(0,π/4,0)U(0,\pi/4,0), for α+γ+ϕφ=π/2\alpha+\gamma+\phi-\varphi=\pi/2, we discover that xˉ=max(xˉ)cos(2θ).\bar{x}=-\max(\bar{x})\cos(2\theta). Last we verify the result above, and obtain the summarize properties of quantum walks with an arbitrary state. We get that xˉ(θ,ϕ,φ,α,β,γ,t)=cos2θxˉ0L(β,t)+sin2θcos(α+γ+ϕφ)xˉ(0L+0R)2/2(α=γ=0,β,t)\bar{x}(\theta,\phi,\varphi,\alpha,\beta,\gamma,t)=\cos2\theta*\bar{x}_{|0L\rangle}(\beta,t)+\sin2\theta*\cos(\alpha+\gamma+\phi-\varphi)*\bar{x}_{(\mid0L\rangle+\mid0R\rangle)\sqrt{2}/2}(\alpha=\gamma=0,\beta,t). If the average positions xˉ\bar{x} with initial state 0L|0L\rangle and Ψ0=(0L+0R)2/2\mid\Psi_{0}\rangle=(\mid0L\rangle+\mid0R\rangle)\sqrt{2}/2 and coin operator U(0,β,0)U(0,\beta,0) are known, we can get the average position result of quantum walks with an arbitrary initial state and a U(2) coin operator.

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@article{arxiv.1603.06199,
  title  = {Average position of quantum walks with an arbitrary initial state},
  author = {Li Min and Cheng ZaiJun and Wang LingJie and Huang HaiBo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.06199},
  year   = {2016}
}
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