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Spacetime geometry is supposed to be measured by identifying the trajectories of free test particles with geodesics. In practice, this cannot be done because, being described by Quantum Mechanics, particles do not follow trajectories. As a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Yuri Bonder

In this paper, we present a unified computational method based on pseudospectral approximations for the design of optimal pulse sequences in open quantum systems. The proposed method transforms the problem of optimal pulse design, which is…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-08-17 Jr-Shin Li , Justin Ruths , Dionisis Stefanatos

The optimal control problem for open quantum systems can be formulated as a time-dependent Lindbladian that is parameterized by a number of time-dependent control variables. Given an observable and an initial state, the goal is to tune the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-30 Wenhao He , Tongyang Li , Xiantao Li , Zecheng Li , Chunhao Wang , Ke Wang

We study geodesics on the parameter manifold, for systems exhibiting second order classical and quantum phase transitions. The coupled non-linear geodesic equations are solved numerically for a variety of models which show such phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-11 Prashant Kumar , Subhash Mahapatra , Prabwal Phukon , Tapobrata Sarkar

This article presents the first complete application of a quantum time-marching algorithm for simulating multidimensional linear transport phenomena with arbitrary boundaries, whereby the success probabilities are problem intrinsic. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Sergio Bengoechea , Paul Over , Thomas Rung

Optimal control theory is applied to analyze the time-optimal solution with a single scalar control knob in a two-level quantum system without quantum decoherence. Emphasis is \change{placed} on the dependence on the maximum control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Chungwei Lin , Qi Ding , Petros T. Boufounos , Yanting Ma , Yebin Wang , Dries Sels , Chih-Chun Chien

We experimentally demonstrate fast and high-fidelity geometric control of a quantum system with the most brachistochrone method on hybrid spin registers in diamond. Based on the time-optimal universal geometric control, single geometric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-13 Yang Dong , Ce Feng , Yu Zheng , Xiang-Dong Chen , Guang-Can Guo , Fang-Wen Sun

We present a framework wherein the trajectory optimization problem (or a problem involving calculus of variations) is formulated as a search problem in a discrete space. A distinctive feature of our work is the treatment of discretization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-22 Alok Shukla , Prakash Vedula

The computational power of quantum phases of matter with symmetry can be accessed through local measurements, but what is the most efficient way of doing so? In this work, we show that minimizing operational resources in measurement-based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Lukas Hantzko , Arnab Adhikary , Robert Raussendorf

We provide a technique to obtain provably optimal control sequences for quantum systems under the influence of time-correlated multiplicative control noise. Utilizing the circuit-level noise model introduced in [Phys. Rev. Research 3,…

Classical simulations of time-dependent quantum systems are widely used in quantum control research. In particular, these simulations are commonly used to host iterative optimal control algorithms. This is convenient for algorithms that are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-23 Tyler Jones , Kaiah Steven , Xavier Poncini , Matthew Rose , Arkady Fedorov

This work explores the possibility of applying stochastic quantum mechanics to curved spacetimes, with an emphasis on the Schwarzschild black hole. After reviewing the fundamental concepts of this approach, the quantum stochastic equations…

General Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Juan S. Jerez- Rodríguez , Eric S. Escobar-Aguilar , Tonatiuh Matos

For paving the way to novel applications in quantum simulation, computation, and technology, increasingly large quantum systems have to be steered with high precision. It is a typical task amenable to numerical optimal control to turn the…

Gate-model quantum computers can allow quantum computations in near-term implementations. The stabilization of an optimal quantum state of a quantum computer is a challenge, since it requires stable quantum evolutions via a precise…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Laszlo Gyongyosi , Sandor Imre

Although quantum computers have the potential to efficiently solve certain problems considered difficult by known classical approaches, the design of a quantum circuit remains computationally difficult. It is known that the optimal gate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-12-06 Srinivas Sridharan , Mile Gu , Matthew R. James , William M. McEneaney

Given any quantum error correcting code permitting universal fault-tolerant quantum computation and transversal measurement of logical X and Z, we describe how to perform time-optimal quantum computation, meaning the execution of an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-05 Austin G. Fowler

Quantum computing promises to improve the information processing power to levels unreachable by classical computation. Quantum walks are heading the development of quantum algorithms for searching information on graphs more efficiently than…

In this work, we propose a novel variational quantum approach for solving a class of nonlinear optimal control problems. Our approach integrates Dirac's canonical quantization of dynamical systems with the solution of the ground state of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Hirmay Sandesara , Alok Shukla , Prakash Vedula

Understanding the computational overheads imposed by classical control systems on quantum computing platforms becomes critically important as these quantum machines grow in scale and complexity. In this work, we calculate the overheads…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-09 John R. Scott , Krishna C. Balram

We geometrically describe optimal control problems in terms of Morse families in the Hamiltonian framework. These geometric structures allow us to recover the classical first order necessary conditions for optimality and the starting point…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-20 María Barbero-Liñán , David Iglesias Ponte , David Martín de Diego