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Engineering adiabaticity at an avoided crossing with optimal control

Quantum Physics 2015-05-06 v2

Abstract

We investigate ways to optimize adiabaticity and diabaticity in the Landau-Zener model with non-uniform sweeps. We show how diabaticity can be engineered with a pulse consisting of a linear sweep augmented by an oscillating term. We show that the oscillation leads to jumps in populations whose value can be accurately modeled using a model of multiple, photon-assisted Landau-Zener transitions, which generalizes work by Wubs et al. [New J. Phys. 7, 218 (2005)]. We extend the study on diabaticity using methods derived from optimal control. We also show how to preserve adiabaticity with optimal pulses at limited time, finding a non-uniform quantum speed limit.

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@article{arxiv.1502.05175,
  title  = {Engineering adiabaticity at an avoided crossing with optimal control},
  author = {T. Chasseur and L. S. Theis and Y. R. Sanders and D. J. Egger and F. K. Wilhelm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.05175},
  year   = {2015}
}
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