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We prove a version of the maximum principle, in the sense of Pontryagin, for the optimal control of a stochastic partial differential equation driven by a finite dimensional Wiener process. The equation is formulated in a semi-abstract form…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-05 Marco Fuhrman , Ying Hu , Gianmario Tessitore

In this article we reconsider a version of quantum trajectory theory based on the stochastic Schr\"odinger equation with stochastic coefficients, which was mathematically introduced in the '90s, and we develop it in order to describe the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-30 Alberto Barchielli , Matteo Gregoratti

High fidelity quantum state transfer is an essential part of quantum information processing. In this regard, we address the problem of maximizing the fidelity in a quantum state transformation process satisfying the Liouville-von Neumann…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-11 Nahid Binandeh Dehaghani , Fernando Lobo Pereira

We apply an extension of the Pontryagin Maximum Principle to derive time-optimal controls of two-level quantum systems by means of piecewise constant pulses. Global optimal solutions are obtained for state-to-state transfer in the cases…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 E. Dionis , D. Sugny

Quantum mechanical systems exhibit an inherently probabilistic nature upon measurement which excludes in principle the singular direct observability continual case. Quantum theory of time continuous measurements and quantum prediction…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. P. Belavkin

In this paper, we investigate the closed-loop solvability of the quantum stochastic linear quadratic optimal control problem. We derive the Pontryagin maximum principle for the linear quadratic control problem of infinite-dimensional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-28 Wang Penghui , Wang Shan , Zhao Shengkai

In this study, we consider an optimal control problem driven by a stochastic differential equation with state constraints. Here, the state constraints mean the constraints about the path of state. In order to show the maximum principe for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-23 Shuzhen Yang

In this article we derive a strong version of the Pontryagin Maximum Principle for general nonlinear optimal control problems on time scales in finite dimension. The final time can be fixed or not, and in the case of general boundary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-15 Loïc Bourdin , Emmanuel Trélat

The standard quantum formalism introduced at the undergraduate level treats measurement as an instantaneous collapse. In reality however, no physical process can occur over a truly infinitesimal time interval. A more subtle investigation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Leigh S. Martin

We consider an optimal control problem for a system of local continuity equations on a space of probability measures. Such systems can be viewed as macroscopic models of ensembles of non-interacting particles or homotypic individuals,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-07 Maxim Staritsyn , Nikolay Pogodaev , Roman Chertovskih , Fernando Lobo Pereira

Despite significant progress in theoretical and laboratory quantum control, engineering quantum systems remains principally challenging due to manifestation of noise and uncertainties associated with the field and Hamiltonian parameters. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Andrew Koswara , Vaibhav Bhutoria , Raj Chakrabarti

We study the Pontryagin maximum principle by deriving necessary and sufficient conditions for a class of optimal control problems arising in non exchangeable mean field systems, where agents interact through heterogeneous and asymmetric…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-09 Idris Kharroubi , Samy Mekkaoui , Huyên Pham

Quantum mechanics is derived from the principle that the universe contain as much variety as possible, in the sense of maximizing the distinctiveness of each subsystem. The quantum state of a microscopic system is defined to correspond to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Lee Smolin

In this paper, we prove a Pontryagin Maximum Principle for constrained optimal control problems in the Wasserstein space of probability measures. The dynamics, is described by a transport equation with non-local velocities and is subject to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-22 Benoît Bonnet

For a class of stochastic delay evolution equations driven by cylindrical $Q$-Wiener process, we study the Pontryagin's maximum principle for the stochastic recursive optimal control problem. The delays are given as moving averages with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-09 Guomin Liu , Jian Song , Meng Wang

Using the Pontryagin maximum principle, the generic structure of optimal policies is deduced for typical quantum control tasks involving coherent lasers, magnetic fields and reservoir engineering. In addition, the periodic optimization is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-09 Dmitry V. Zhdanov , Tamar Seideman

This paper considers a risk-sensitive optimal control problem for a field-mediated interconnection of a quantum plant with a coherent (measurement-free) quantum controller. The plant and the controller are multimode open quantum harmonic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-09 Igor G. Vladimirov , Ian R. Petersen

In various physical implementations of quantum information processing, qubits are realized in a Lambda type system configuration as two stable lower energy levels coupled indirectly via an unstable higher energy level, that is, in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Julia Cen , Domenico D'Alessandro

This article (I) considers the known optimal control model of a quantum information transfer along a spin chain with controlled external parabolic magnetic field, with an arbitrary length. The article adds certain lower and upper pointwise…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Oleg V. Morzhin

We study time-optimal state-to-state control for two- and multi-qubit operations motivated by neutral-atom quantum processors within the Rydberg blockade regime. Block-diagonalization of the Hamiltonian simplifies the dynamics and enables…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Federico Alberto Astolfi , Sven Jandura , Guido Pupillo