0109076v1

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{classical, space, random}
{trap, ion, state}
{qubit, qubits, gate}
{algorithm, log, probability}
{state, algorithm, problem}
{measurement, state, measurements}
{state, phys, rev}
{state, states, coherent}

Implementing the quantum random walk

B. C. Travaglione, G. J. Milburn

abstract: Recently, several groups have investigated quantum analogues of random walk algorithms, both on a line and on a circle. It has been found that the quantum versions have markedly different features to the classical versions. Namely, the variance on the line, and the mixing time on the circle increase quadratically faster in the quantum versions as compared to the classical versions. Here, we propose a scheme to implement the quantum random walk on a line and on a circle in an ion trap quantum computer. With current ion trap technology, the number of steps that could be experimentally implemented will be relatively small. However, we show how the enhanced features of these walks could be observed experimentally. In the limit of strong decoherence, the quantum random walk tends to the classical random walk. By measuring the degree to which the walk remains `quantum', this algorithm could serve as an important benchmarking protocol for ion trap quantum computers.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0109076
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
5 pages, 4 figures (1 large)
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevA.65.032310
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0109076
journal_ref:
Physical Review A, Vol 65, 032310 (2002)
created:
2001-09-16

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