Sufficient conditions are proven for zero velocity in position-dependent 1D quantum walks via an a priori velocity bound depending on sparse site sequences and local coin parameters, with extensions to random cases and CMV matrices.
Ergodicity in discrete-time quantum walks
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We undertake a detailed analysis of ergodicity for homogeneous discrete-time quantum walks on the integer lattice. The most significant result of our paper holds in dimension one, and gives a complete equivalence between the absolutely continuous spectrum of the unitary operator encoding the walk, and the equidistribution of its dynamics in position space, which appears for the first time in the context of large-volume quantum ergodicity. In higher dimensions, we give a criterion for full and partial ergodicity in terms of a finer property of the spectrum which we dub ``No Repeating Graphs'', and we distinguish how strongly the equidistribution is taking place (weak convergence vs total variation). Many examples are included to illustrate the criterion and to distinguish between the types of ergodicity.
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Absence of Ballistic Transport in Quantum Walks with Asymptotically Reflecting Sites
Sufficient conditions are proven for zero velocity in position-dependent 1D quantum walks via an a priori velocity bound depending on sparse site sequences and local coin parameters, with extensions to random cases and CMV matrices.