Entanglement for discrete-time quantum walks on the line

  • Authors:
  • Yusuke Ide;Norio Konno;Takuya MACHIDA

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Information Systems Creation, Kanagawa University, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan;Department of Applied Mathematics, Yokohama National University, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Japan;Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University, Tama, Kawasaki, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Quantum Information & Computation
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The discrete-time quantum walk is a quantum counterpart of the random walk. It is expected that the model plays important roles in the quantum field. In the quantum information theory, entanglement is a key resource. We use the von Neumann entropy to measure the entanglement between the coin and the particle's position of the quantum walks. Also we deal with the Shannon entropy which is an important quantity in the information theory. In this paper, we show limits of the von Neumann entropy and the Shannon entropy of the quantum walks on the one dimensional lattice starting from the origin defined by arbitrary coin and initial state. In order to derive these limits, we use the path counting method which is a combinatorial method for computing probability amplitude.