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arXiv:1702.00821

Two particle quantum walks with topological phases

Samuel Huberman

Published Feb 2, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

The split step quantum walk for two noninteracting particles is numerically simulated. The entropy of entanglement and spatial particle distributions are calculated for a range of initial states and for a range of disorder. The impact of varying the topological phase on these quantities is discussed.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1702.00821

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