Quantum Network Communication With a Novel Discrete-Time Quantum Walk

In this paper, we propose a scheme using a new kind of quantum walk to realize quantum communication well. In our scheme, obviously, there are three advantages. First, the initial states can be transferred from the source to the target by finite steps, which will make execution easier in practice. Second, due to fewer restrictions to the network models, our scheme can be adapted to more general network models, such as the butterfly network, the inverted crown network, the grail network, and the generalized butterfly network G
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. Finally, arbitrary single-qubit and two-qubit initial states can be transferred to different kinds of network models. At the same time, the fidelity and probability equal 1. Our work promotes more applications of combining quantum computation with quantum communication in the future.