Noise-Resilient Spatial Search with Lackadaisical Quantum Walks

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Main Authors: Vieira, Gabriel Mauricio Oswald, Maculan, Nelson, Marquezino, Franklin de Lima
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Published: 2025
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author Vieira, Gabriel Mauricio Oswald
Maculan, Nelson
Marquezino, Franklin de Lima
author_facet Vieira, Gabriel Mauricio Oswald
Maculan, Nelson
Marquezino, Franklin de Lima
contents Quantum walks are a powerful framework for the development of quantum algorithms, with lackadaisical quantum walks (LQWs) standing out as an efficient model for spatial search. In this work, we investigate how broken-link decoherence affects the performance of LQW-based search on a two-dimensional toroidal grid. We show through numerical simulations that, while decoherence drives the loopless walk toward a uniform distribution and eliminates its search capability, the inclusion of self-loops significantly mitigates this effect. In particular, even under noise, the marked vertex remains identifiable with probability well above uniform, demonstrating that self-loops enhance the robustness of LQWs in realistic scenarios. These findings extend the known advantages of LQWs from the noiseless setting to noisy environments, consolidating self-loops as a valuable resource for designing resilient quantum search algorithms.
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Vieira, Gabriel Mauricio Oswald
Maculan, Nelson
Marquezino, Franklin de Lima
Quantum Physics
Quantum walks are a powerful framework for the development of quantum algorithms, with lackadaisical quantum walks (LQWs) standing out as an efficient model for spatial search. In this work, we investigate how broken-link decoherence affects the performance of LQW-based search on a two-dimensional toroidal grid. We show through numerical simulations that, while decoherence drives the loopless walk toward a uniform distribution and eliminates its search capability, the inclusion of self-loops significantly mitigates this effect. In particular, even under noise, the marked vertex remains identifiable with probability well above uniform, demonstrating that self-loops enhance the robustness of LQWs in realistic scenarios. These findings extend the known advantages of LQWs from the noiseless setting to noisy environments, consolidating self-loops as a valuable resource for designing resilient quantum search algorithms.
title Noise-Resilient Spatial Search with Lackadaisical Quantum Walks
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13462