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View SchemaContinuous time quantum walks in phase space
| Authors | Oliver Muelken, Alexander Blumen |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0509141 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0509141 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.012105 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 73, 012105 (2006) |
Abstract
We formulate continuous time quantum walks (CTQW) in a discrete quantum mechanical phase space. We define and calculate the Wigner function (WF) and its marginal distributions for CTQWs on circles of arbitrary length $N$. The WF of the CTQW shows characteristic features in phase space. Revivals of the probability distributions found for continuous and for discrete quantum carpets do manifest themselves as characteristic patterns in phase space.
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