Decoherence in a one-dimensional quantum walk

作者:Annabestani Mostafa*; Akhtarshenas Seyed Javad; Abolhassani Mohamad Reza
来源:Physical Review A, 2010, 81(3): 032321.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.81.032321

摘要

In this article we study decoherence in the discrete-time quantum walk on the line. We generalize the method of decoherent coin quantum walk, introduced by Brun et al. [Phys. Rev. A 67, 32304 (2003)]. Our analytical expressions are applicable for all kinds of decoherence. As an example of the coin-position decoherence, we study the broken line quantum walk and compare our results with the numerical one. We also show that our analytical results reduce to the Brun formalism when only the coin is subjected to decoherence.

  • 出版日期2010-3