Decoherence in quantum walks - A review

Mathematical Structures in Computer Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1169-1220

  Kendon, Viv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERROR CORRECTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

LOGICAL QUBITS; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; QUANTUM EVOLUTION; QUANTUM WALKS;

QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

EID: 40649112201     PISSN: 09601295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960129507006354     Document Type: Article

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