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A quantum walk based search algorithm, and its optical realisation

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Quantum <strong>walk</strong> on a hypercube<br />

hypercube in n dimensions:<br />

n-regular graph<br />

coined <strong>quantum</strong> <strong>walk</strong><br />

(n = 4)<br />

Vertices<br />

n dimensions → x ∈ {0, 1, . . . , 2 n − 1} integer<br />

binary string repr.: ⃗x, n binary dig<strong>its</strong><br />

Useful definitions<br />

Hamming weight: |⃗x| sum of dig<strong>its</strong>/number of 1s<br />

Hamming distance: d(⃗x,⃗y) = |⃗x ⊕ ⃗y|<br />

Edges<br />

⃗x,⃗y ∈ V are connected iff d(⃗x,⃗y) = 1<br />

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