Propagating quantum walks: the origin of interference structures

DOI10.1080/09500340410001669390MaRDI QIDQ4832554zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter L. Knight, Eugenio Roldán, J. E. Sipe

Publication date 4 January 2005

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312133, http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/251

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) Quantum stochastic calculus (81S25) Quantum optics (81V80) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

Abstract: We analyze the solution of the coined quantum walk on a line. First, we derive the full solution, for arbitrary unitary transformations, by using a new approach based on the four "walk fields" which we show determine the dynamics. The particular way of deriving the solution allows a rigorous derivation of a long wavelength approximation. This long wavelength approximation is useful as it provides an approximate analytical expression that captures the basics of the quantum walk and allows us to gain insight into the physics of the process.

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