We reveal the quantum and classical behaviors of the two-dimensional (2D) alternative quantum walk (AQW) in the presence of decoherence. For different kinds of decoherence, the analytic expressions for the moments of position distribution of the AQW are obtained. Taking the broken line noise and coin decoherence as examples of decoherence, we find that when decoherence emerges in only one direction, the anisotropic position distribution pattern appears, and not all the motions of the walker exhibit the transition from quantum to classical behaviors. Considering the effect of decoherence, we reveal the anisotropic correlations between the $x\left(y\right)$ position of the 2D walker and the state of the coin in 2D AQWs.

• Received 25 January 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.012316