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Quantum walk on the line as an interference phenomenon

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Knight, Peter L., Roldán, Eugenio, Sipe, J. E.·2003·Physical Review A

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We show that the coined quantum walk on a line can be understood as an interference phenomenon, can be classically implemented, and indeed already has been. The walk is essentially two independent walks associated with the different coin sides, coupled only at initiation. There is a simple analogy between the evolution of walker positions and the propagation of light in a dispersive optical fiber.

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  • The analogy between the wave packets extends beyond the probability distribution to the entanglement between the spinor and spatial degrees of freedom.

    “the analogy between the wave packets of (7) and (12) extends beyond the probability distribution to the entanglement between the spinor and spatial degrees of freedom [18].”

    From Relativistic quantum walks (2006) · cites this paper as [18]

    The paper’s optical-implementation discussion (indexed under Abstract; no page supplied) represents the walk using both frequency and polarization and gives equations for the full state, not just its position probability distribution. It does not discuss entanglement between spinor and spatial degrees of freedom or establish that the citing paper’s two wave packets have analogous entanglement. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Such localized positive-energy states appear to require entanglement between the spatial and spinor degrees of freedom.

    “Such states appear to require entanglement between the spatial and spinor degrees of freedom [18]-this is shown for (7) below.”

    From Relativistic quantum walks (2006) · cites this paper as [18]

    The discussion of coin-state evolution (indexed as Abstract; page unavailable) says the two sides of the coin evolve independently after an initial coupling. Searches for localized positive-energy states and spatial–spinor entanglement found no passage addressing whether entanglement is required for such states; the paper's discussion of quantum walks does not settle that claim. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  1. [6]6. ͓6͔ A. M. Childs, R. Cleve, E. Deotto, E. Farhi, S. Gutmann, and D. A. Spielman, e-print quant-ph/0209131. · arXiv
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  4. [13]13. ͓13͔ H. Jeong, M. Paternostro, and M. S. Kim, e-print quant-ph/0305008. · arXiv

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Authors
Knight, P. L., Roldán, E., & Sipe, J. E.
Affiliations
Imperial College London (GB)
Venue
Physical Review A
Published
2003-08-27
Volume
68
Issue
2
ISSN
  • 0556-2791 (ISSN-L)
  • 1050-2947
  • 1094-1622
OpenAlex
W1988086028
Cited by
176
References
16
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Physical Review A (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
  • Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
  • European Commission
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
Keywords
discrete-time quantum walks, interference, coin operator

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