Homogeneous open quantum walks on the line: criteria for site recurrence and absorption

arXiv2010.03085MaRDI QIDQ6350705FDOQ6350705

Authors: Thomas S. Jacq, Carlos F. Lardizabal 

Publication date: 6 October 2020

Abstract: In this work, we study open quantum random walks, as described by S. Attal et al. These objects are given in terms of completely positive maps acting on trace-class operators, leading to one of the simplest open quantum versions of the recurrence problem for classical, discrete-time random walks. This work focuses on obtaining criteria for site recurrence of nearest-neighbor, homogeneous walks on the integer line, with the description presented here making use of recent results of the theory of open walks, most particularly regarding reducibility properties of the operators involved. This allows us to obtain a complete criterion for site recurrence in the case for which the internal degree of freedom of each site (coin space) is of dimension 2. We also present the analogous result for irreducible walks with an internal degree of arbitrary finite dimension and the absorption problem for walks on the semi-infinite line.

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