QUANTUM RANDOM-WALKS

Authors
AHARONOV Y DAVIDOVICH L ZAGURY N
Citation
Y. Aharonov et al., QUANTUM RANDOM-WALKS, Physical review. A, 48(2), 1993, pp. 1687-1690
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
48
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1687 - 1690
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1993)48:2<1687:QR>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We introduce the concept of quantum random walk, and show that due to quantum interference effects the average path length can be much large r than the maximum allowed path in the corresponding classical random walk. A quantum-optics application is described.