Dynamics of unitary operators

DOI10.4171/JFG/12MaRDI QIDQ2019207zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David Damanik, Jake Fillman, Robert Vance

Publication date 27 March 2015

Published in Journal of Fractal Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.1811

zbMATH Keywords

quantum dynamicsquantum walksunitary operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Orthogonal functions and polynomials, general theory of nontrigonometric harmonic analysis (42C05) Jacobi (tridiagonal) operators (matrices) and generalizations (47B36) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

Abstract: We consider the iteration of a unitary operator on a separable Hilbert space and study the spreading rates of the associated discrete-time dynamical system relative to a given orthonormal basis. We prove lower bounds for the transport exponents, which measure the time-averaged spreading on a power-law scale, in terms of dimensional properties of the spectral measure associated with the unitary operator and the initial state. These results are the unitary analog of results established in recent years for the dynamics of the Schr"odinger equation, which is a continuum-time dynamical system associated with a self-adjoint operator. We discuss how these general results may be studied by means of subordinacy theory in cases where the unitary operator is given by a CMV matrix. An example of particular interest in which this scenario arises is given by a time-homogeneous quantum walk on the integers. For the particular case of the time-homogeneous Fibonacci quantum walk, we illustrate how these components work together and produce explicit lower bounds for the transport exponents associated with this model.

Review text

In this paper, the dynamics of unitary operators acting on Hilbert spaces are considered. The spreading rates of the associated dynamical system relative to a given orthonormal basis are studied. The transport exponents are defined and lower bounds of these exponents are established in terms of regularity of the spectral measure. Moreover, the unitary operator given by a CMV (semi-infinite) matrix is considered. Some connections between quantum walks on the integers and CMV matrices are discussed. Also, the authors use the Fibonacci quantum walk as an example and derive explicit lower bounds for spreading rates associated with this model.

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