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Quantum walk on distinguishable non-interacting many-particles and indistinguishable two-particle
We present an investigation of many-particle quantum walks in systems of
non-interacting distinguishable particles. Along with a redistribution of the
many-particle density profile we show that the collective evolution of the
many-particle system resembles the single-particle quantum walk evolution when
the number of steps is greater than the number of particles in the system. For
non-uniform initial states we show that the quantum walks can be effectively
used to separate the basis states of the particle in position space and
grouping like state together. We also discuss a two-particle quantum walk on a
two- dimensional lattice and demonstrate an evolution leading to the
localization of both particles at the center of the lattice. Finally we discuss
the outcome of a quantum walk of two indistinguishable particles interacting at
some point during the evolution.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, To appear in special issue: "quantum walks" to be
published in Quantum Information Processin
Quantum Diffusions and Appell Systems
Within the algebraic framework of Hopf algebras, random walks and associated
diffusion equations (master equations) are constructed and studied for two
basic operator algebras of Quantum Mechanics i.e the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra
(hw) and its q-deformed version hw_q. This is done by means of functionals
determined by the associated coherent state density operators. The ensuing
master equations admit solutions given by hw and hw_q-valued Appell systems.Comment: Latex 12 pages, no figures. Submitted to Journal of Computational and
Applied Mathematics. Special Issue of Proccedings of Fifth Inter. Symp. on
Orthogonal Polynomaials, Special Functions and their Application
Limits of quantum speedup in photosynthetic light harvesting
It has been suggested that excitation transport in photosynthetic light
harvesting complexes features speedups analogous to those found in quantum
algorithms. Here we compare the dynamics in these light harvesting systems to
the dynamics of quantum walks, in order to elucidate the limits of such quantum
speedups. For the Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) complex of green sulfur bacteria,
we show that while there is indeed speedup at short times, this is short lived
(70 fs) despite longer lived (ps) quantum coherence. Remarkably, this time
scale is independent of the details of the decoherence model. More generally,
we show that the distinguishing features of light-harvesting complexes not only
limit the extent of quantum speedup but also reduce rates of diffusive
transport. These results suggest that quantum coherent effects in biological
systems are optimized for efficiency or robustness rather than the more elusive
goal of quantum speedup.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures. To appear in New Journal Physics, special issue
on "Quantum Effects and Noise in Biomolecules." Updated to accepted versio
Quantum routing of information using chiral quantum walks
We address routing of classical and quantum information over quantum network,
and show how to exploit chirality to achieve nearly optimal and robust
transport. In particular, we prove how continuous time chiral quantum walks
over a minimal graph may be used to model directional transfer and routing of
information over a network. At first, we show how classical information,
encoded onto an excitation localized at one vertex of a simple graph, may be
sent to any other chosen location with nearly unit fidelity by tuning a single
phase. Then, we prove that high-fidelity transport is also possible for
coherent superpositions of states, i.e. for routing of quantum information.
Furthermore, we show that by tuning the phase parameter one obtains universal
quantum routing, i.e. indipendent on the input state. In our scheme, chirality
is governed by a single phase, and the routing probability is robust against
fluctuations of this parameter. Finally, we address characterization of quantum
routers and show how to exploit the self energies of the graph to achieve high
precision in estimating the phase parameter.Comment: This paper has been submitted to the Jonathan P. Dowling Memorial
Special Issue of AVS QUANTUM SCIENCE
(https://publishing.aip.org/publications/journals/special-topics/aqs/
Quantum walks: a comprehensive review
Quantum walks, the quantum mechanical counterpart of classical random walks,
is an advanced tool for building quantum algorithms that has been recently
shown to constitute a universal model of quantum computation. Quantum walks is
now a solid field of research of quantum computation full of exciting open
problems for physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians and engineers.
In this paper we review theoretical advances on the foundations of both
discrete- and continuous-time quantum walks, together with the role that
randomness plays in quantum walks, the connections between the mathematical
models of coined discrete quantum walks and continuous quantum walks, the
quantumness of quantum walks, a summary of papers published on discrete quantum
walks and entanglement as well as a succinct review of experimental proposals
and realizations of discrete-time quantum walks. Furthermore, we have reviewed
several algorithms based on both discrete- and continuous-time quantum walks as
well as a most important result: the computational universality of both
continuous- and discrete- time quantum walks.Comment: Paper accepted for publication in Quantum Information Processing
Journa
Birth and death processes and quantum spin chains
This papers underscores the intimate connection between the quantum walks
generated by certain spin chain Hamiltonians and classical birth and death
processes. It is observed that transition amplitudes between single excitation
states of the spin chains have an expression in terms of orthogonal polynomials
which is analogous to the Karlin-McGregor representation formula of the
transition probability functions for classes of birth and death processes. As
an application, we present a characterization of spin systems for which the
probability to return to the point of origin at some time is 1 or almost 1.Comment: 14 page
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