TY - JOUR T1 - Quantum walks and Dirac cellular automata on a programmable trapped-ion quantum computer Y1 - 2020 A1 - C. Huerta Alderete A1 - Shivani Singh A1 - Nhung H. Nguyen A1 - Daiwei Zhu A1 - Radhakrishnan Balu A1 - Christopher Monroe A1 - C. M. Chandrashekar A1 - Norbert M. Linke AB -

The quantum walk formalism is a widely used and highly successful framework for modeling quantum systems, such as simulations of the Dirac equation, different dynamics in both the low and high energy regime, and for developing a wide range of quantum algorithms. Here we present the circuit-based implementation of a discrete-time quantum walk in position space on a five-qubit trapped-ion quantum processor. We encode the space of walker positions in particular multi-qubit states and program the system to operate with different quantum walk parameters, experimentally realizing a Dirac cellular automaton with tunable mass parameter. The quantum walk circuits and position state mapping scale favorably to a larger model and physical systems, allowing the implementation of any algorithm based on discrete-time quantum walks algorithm and the dynamics associated with the discretized version of the Dirac equation.

UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.02537 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Universal one-dimensional discrete-time quantum walks and their implementation on near term quantum hardware Y1 - 2020 A1 - Shivani Singh A1 - Cinthia H. Alderete A1 - Radhakrishnan Balu A1 - Christopher Monroe A1 - Norbert M. Linke A1 - C. M. Chandrashekar AB -

Quantum walks are a promising framework for developing quantum algorithms and quantum simulations. Quantum walks represent an important test case for the application of quantum computers. Here we present different forms of discrete-time quantum walks and show their equivalence for physical realizations. Using an appropriate digital mapping of the position space on which a walker evolves onto the multi-qubit states in a quantum processor, we present different configurations of quantum circuits for the implementation of discrete-time quantum walks in one-dimensional position space. With example circuits for a five qubit machine we address scalability to higher dimensions and larger quantum processors.

UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.11197 ER -