Decoherence in quantum walks - a review
| dc.creator | Kendon, Viv | |
| dc.date | 2006-06-01 | |
| dc.date | 2006-11-26 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:23:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:23:56Z | |
| dc.description | The development of quantum walks in the context of quantum computation, as generalisations of random walk techniques, led rapidly to several new quantum algorithms. These all follow unitary quantum evolution, apart from the final measurement. Since logical qubits in a quantum computer must be protected from decoherence by error correction, there is no need to consider decoherence at the level of algorithms. Nonetheless, enlarging the range of quantum dynamics to include non-unitary evolution provides a wider range of possibilities for tuning the properties of quantum walks. For example, small amounts of decoherence in a quantum walk on the line can produce more uniform spreading (a top-hat distribution), without losing the quantum speed up. This paper reviews the work on decoherence, and more generally on non-unitary evolution, in quantum walks and suggests what future questions might prove interesting to pursue in this area. | |
| dc.description | 52 pages, invited review, v2 & v3 updates to include significant work since first posted and corrections from comments received; some non-trivial typos fixed. Comments now limited to changes that can be applied at proof stage | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606016 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606016 | |
| dc.identifier | Math. Struct. in Comp. Sci 17(6) pp 1169-1220 (2006) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1017/S0960129507006354 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/155915 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Decoherence in quantum walks - a review | |
| dc.type | text |