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Path integral approach to one-dimensional discrete-time quantum walk

Quantum Physics 2018-03-02 v1

Abstract

Discrete-time quantum walk in one-dimension is studied from a path-integral perspective. This enables derivation of a closed-form expression for amplitudes corresponding to any coin-position basis of the state vector of the quantum walker at an arbitrary step of the walk. This provides a new approach to the foundations and applications of quantum walks.

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@article{arxiv.1803.00448,
  title  = {Path integral approach to one-dimensional discrete-time quantum walk},
  author = {Karthik S. Joshi and S. K. Srivatsa and R. Srikanth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.00448},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure

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