Controllability of the coupled spin-half harmonic oscillator system

Haidong Yuan; Seth Lloyd

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.75.052331

Controllability of the coupled spin-half harmonic oscillator system

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Authors: Haidong Yuan , Seth Lloyd

Comments: 5 pages

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Abstract

We present a control-theoretic analysis of the system consisting of a two-level atom coupled with a quantum harmonic oscillator. We show that by applying external fields with just two resonant frequencies, any desired unitary operator can be generated.

Keywords

harmonic oscillator in quantum mechanics quantum spin systems quantum optimal control

Cite

@article{arxiv.0705.1055,
  title  = {Controllability of the coupled spin-half harmonic oscillator system},
  author = {Haidong Yuan and Seth Lloyd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.1055},
  year   = {2009}
}

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