Discrete-time quantum walks with energy-dependent coins

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.03272v1
• Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:01:51 GMT
• Title: Discrete-time quantum walks with energy-dependent coins
• Abstract summary: We extend the scattering quantum walk (SQW) framework to a lattice of energy-dependent point interactions.<n>Within the coined quantum walk (CQW) formalism, a coin operator is related to the scattering matrix of zero-range potentials.
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• Abstract: In this work, we extend the scattering quantum walk (SQW) framework to a lattice of energy-dependent point interactions. This yields, within the coined quantum walk (CQW) formalism, a coin operator that is directly related to the scattering matrix of zero-range potentials. The model thus provides a discrete-time quantum-walk (DTQW) analog of a periodic array of point interactions of the Kronig-Penney type, where the walker's wavenumber serves as a continuous, physically transparent control parameter for the coin operation. We analyze the spectra and the dynamics of position probability and entanglement, yielding distinct results for specific energies and point interactions. We relate the spectral structure to the spatial probability distribution and explicitly characterize the long-time entanglement behavior for each point interaction. The transmission modulus determines the quasienergy gap, bandwidth, and maximum group velocity, while also controlling the long-time coin-position entanglement for the initial state considered. The four families of one-dimensional point interactions ($δ$, $δ'$, crossed and asymmetric) realize qualitatively distinct transmission profiles and span the full range of behavior, including enhanced or strongly suppressed spreading and oscillatory entanglement.

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