arXiv:1404.1509 · Quantum Information and Computation

A limit theorem for a 3-period time-dependent quantum walk

F. Alberto Grünbaum, Takuya Machida

Published Jan 1, 2015• 3 citations

Abstract

We consider a discrete-time 2-state quantum walk on the line. The state of the quantum walker evolves according to a rule which is determined by a coin-flip operator and a position-shift operator. In this paper we take a 3-periodic time evolution as the rule. For such a quantum walk, we get a limit distribution which expresses the asymptotic behavior of the walker after a long time. The limit distribution is different from that of a time-independent quantum walk or a 2-period time-dependent quantum walk. We give some analytical results and then consider a number of variants of our model and indicate the result of simulations for these ones.

DOI: 10.26421/qic15.1-2-4

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