Quantum Walks: First Hitting Times with Weak Measurements

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21168v1
• Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:01:40 GMT
• Title: Quantum Walks: First Hitting Times with Weak Measurements
• Authors: Tim Heine, Eli Barkai, Klaus Ziegler, Sabine Tornow,
• Abstract summary: We study the first detected recurrence time problem of continuous-time quantum walks on graphs.<n>We implement a protocol based on weak measurements on a dilated system, enabling minimally invasive monitoring throughout the evolution.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We study the first detected recurrence time problem of continuous-time quantum walks on graphs. While previous works have employed projective measurements to determine the first return time, we implement a protocol based on weak measurements on a dilated system, enabling minimally invasive monitoring throughout the evolution. To achieve this, we extend the theoretical framework and complement it with both numerical simulations and experimental investigations on an IBM quantum computer. Despite the implementation of a generalized measurement, our modified formalism of weak recurrence provides a description purely within the Hilbert space of the quantum system. Our results reveal that the first hitting time scales inversely with the coupling parameter between the ancilla and the quantum system.

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