Quantum Walk on a Line with Absorbing Boundaries
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| author | Ammara, Ammara Potoček, Václav Štefaňák, Martin Pepe, Francesco V. |
| author_facet | Ammara, Ammara Potoček, Václav Štefaňák, Martin Pepe, Francesco V. |
| contents | Absorption of two-state coined quantum walks on a finite line with two sinks located at $N$ and $-N$ is investigated. Elaborating on the results of Konno et al., J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36 241 (2003), we derive closed formulas for the absorption probabilities at the boundaries in the limit of large system size $N$. Two limiting cases are considered, with the starting position $k$ being independent of $N$, or kept at a constant distance $δ$ from one of absorbers. In the first scenario, the absorption probability is determined only by the coin parameter and polar angle of the initial coin state decomposed into the eigenbasis of the coin operator. In the second case, a correction depending exponentially on $δ$ is introduced. Finally, we perform an extensive numerical investigation for small system size $N$, showing excellent agreement between numerical and analytical results. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum Walk on a Line with Absorbing Boundaries Ammara, Ammara Potoček, Václav Štefaňák, Martin Pepe, Francesco V. Quantum Physics Absorption of two-state coined quantum walks on a finite line with two sinks located at $N$ and $-N$ is investigated. Elaborating on the results of Konno et al., J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36 241 (2003), we derive closed formulas for the absorption probabilities at the boundaries in the limit of large system size $N$. Two limiting cases are considered, with the starting position $k$ being independent of $N$, or kept at a constant distance $δ$ from one of absorbers. In the first scenario, the absorption probability is determined only by the coin parameter and polar angle of the initial coin state decomposed into the eigenbasis of the coin operator. In the second case, a correction depending exponentially on $δ$ is introduced. Finally, we perform an extensive numerical investigation for small system size $N$, showing excellent agreement between numerical and analytical results. |
| title | Quantum Walk on a Line with Absorbing Boundaries |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13318 |