Dynamics of continuous-time quantum walks in restricted geometries

Details Dynamics of continuous-time quantum walks in restricted geometries Dynamics of continuous-time quantum walks in restricted geometries

2008-10-07

arxiv.org/abs/0810.1184v1

J. Phys. A 41, 445301 (2008)

Physics

Quantum Physics

25 pages, 13 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/1751-8113/41/44/445301

We study quantum transport on finite discrete structures and we model the process by means of continuous-time quantum walks. A direct and effective comparison between quantum and classical walks can be attained based on the average displacement of the walker as a function of time. Indeed, a fast growth of the average displacement can be advantageously exploited to build up efficient search algorithms. By means of analytical and numerical investigations, we show that the finiteness and the inhomogeneity of the substrate jointly weaken the quantum walk performance. We further highlight the interplay between the quantum-walk dynamics and the underlying topology by studying the temporal evolution of the transfer probability distribution and the lower bound of long time averages.

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