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Incoherent light as a control resource: a route to complete controllability of quantum systems

Quantum Physics 2012-12-12 v1

Abstract

We discuss the use of incoherent light as a resource to control the atomic dynamics and review the proposed in Phys. Rev. A 84, 042106 (2011) method for a controlled transfer between any pure and mixed states of quantum systems using a combination of incoherent and coherent light. Formally, the method provides a constructive proof for an approximate open-loop Markovian state-transfer controllability of quantum system in the space of all density matrices---the strongest possible degree of quantum state control.

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@article{arxiv.1212.2253,
  title  = {Incoherent light as a control resource: a route to complete controllability of quantum systems},
  author = {Alexander Pechen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.2253},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

An updated version of the published Conference Paper for the OSA Optics and Photonics Congress 2012: High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena. Section 4 is added