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Coupling strength estimation for spin chains despite restricted access

Quantum Physics 2009-03-13 v2

Abstract

Quantum control requires full knowledge of the system many-body Hamiltonian. In many cases this information is not directly available due to restricted access to the system. Here we show how to indirectly estimate all the coupling strengths in a spin chain by measuring one spin at the end of the chain. We also discuss the efficiency of this "quantum inverse problem" and give a numerical example.

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@article{arxiv.0810.2866,
  title  = {Coupling strength estimation for spin chains despite restricted access},
  author = {Daniel Burgarth and Koji Maruyama and Franco Nori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.2866},
  year   = {2009}
}

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improved version with additional reference

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