Weak convergence of the Wojcik model
arXiv:1412.7874
Abstract
We study "the Wojcik model" which is a discrete-time quantum walk (QW) with one defect in one dimension, introduced by Wojcik et al.. For the Wojcik model, we give the weak convergence theorem describing the ballistic behavior of the walker in the probability distribution in a rescaled position-space. In our previous studies, we obtained the time-averaged limit and stationary measures concerning localization for the Wojcik model. As a result, we get the mathematical expression of the whole picture of the behavior of the walker for the Wojcik model. Here the coexistence of localization and the ballistic spreading is one of the peculiar properties of one-dimensional QWs with one defect. Due to the coexistence, it has been strongly expected to utilize QWs to quantum search algorithms. In order to derive the weak convergence theorem, we take advantage of the generating function method. We emphasize that the time-averaged limit measure is symmetric for the origin, however, the weight function in the weak limit measure is asymmetric in general, which implies that the weak convergence theorem represents the asymmetry of the probability distribution. Furthermore, the weak limit measure heavily depends on the phase of the defect and initial state of the walker. Comparing with our previous studies, we also show some numerical results of the probability distribution to confirm that our result is relevant mathematically, and consider the effect of changing the phase and initial coin state on the probability distribution, or the ballistic spreading, which is one of the motivations of our study.
24 pages, 12 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1412.4309
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