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We show that if an efficient classical representation of the dynamics exists, optimal control problems on many-body quantum systems can be solved efficiently with finite precision. We show that the size of the space of parameters necessary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-09 S. Lloyd , S. Montangero

This paper studies the linear-quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem of a class of systems governed by the first-order hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs) with final state constraints. The main contribution is to present the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-25 Xiaomin Xue , Juanjuan Xu , Huanshui Zhang , Long Hu

We study a control problem where the state equation is a nonlinear partial differential equation of the calculus of variation in a bounded domain, perturbed by noise. We allow the control to act on the boundary and set stochastic boundary…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Stefano Bonaccorsi , Adrian Zalinescu

Fast and reliable manipulation with qubits is fundamental for any quantum technology. The implementation of these manipulations in physical systems is the focus of studies involving optimal control theory. Realistic physical devices are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-28 Haoran Sun , Michael Galperin

We consider a system that is exactly controllable. For given initial state, terminal state and objective function, an optimal control is often well-defined. Such an optimal control has the disadvantage that although it works perfectly well…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-07-08 Martin Gugat

The preparation of highly entangled many-body systems is one of the central challenges of both basic and applied science. The complexity of interparticle interaction and environment coupling increases rapidly with the number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-20 Felix Platzer , Florian Mintert , Andreas Buchleitner

This paper aims to devise the shape of the external electromagnetic field that drives the spin dynamics of radical pairs to a quantum coherent state through maximization of the triplet-born singlet yield in biochemical reactions. The model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Ugur G. Abdulla , Jose H. Rodrigues , Jean-Jacques Slotine

Ultra-cold atomic gases are unique in terms of the degree of controllability, both for internal and external degrees of freedom. This makes it possible to use them for the study of complex quantum many-body phenomena. However in many…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-30 Rick Mukherjee , Frederic Sauvage , Harry Xie , Robert Löw , Florian Mintert

In this paper, the Pontryagin-type maximum principle for optimal control of quantum stochastic systems in fermion fields is obtained. These systems have gained significant prominence in numerous quantum applications ranging from physical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-13 Penghui Wang , Shan Wang

The objective of this work is to study time-minimum and energy-minimum global optimal control for dissipative open quantum systems whose dynamics is governed by the Lindblad equation. The controls appear only in the Hamiltonian. Using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-16 William Clark , Anthony Bloch , Leonardo Colombo , Patrick Rooney

We propose an analysis of the time-optimal control of a dissipative two-level quantum system whose dynamics is governed by the Lindblad equation. This simple system allows one to use tools of geometric control theory and to construct its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-08-29 D. Sugny , C. Kontz , H. R. Jauslin

In this paper, we consider a class of optimal control problems for a one-dimensional time-discrete constrained quasilinear diffusion state-systems of singular Allen--Cahn types and its regularized approximating problems. We note that the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Shodai Kubota

Motivated by a compelling need for time-efficient and robust schemes for quantum-state engineering in systems of neutral atoms in optical tweezers, we consider a ring-shaped array of qubits with nearest-neighbor Ising-type ($zz$) coupling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Andrea Muratori , Vladimir M. Stojanovic , Eloisa Cuestas , Tommaso Calarco , Felix Motzoi

High precision macroscopic quantum control in interacting light-matter systems remains a significant goal toward novel information processing and ultra-precise metrology. We show that the out-of-equilibrium behavior of a paradigmatic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-17 O. L. Acevedo , L. Quiroga , F. J. Rodríguez , N. F. Johnson

In this paper, we consider the stochastic optimal control problem for the interacting particle system. We obtain the stochastic maximum principle of the optimal control system by introducing a generalized backward stochastic differential…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Andrey A. Dorogovtsev , Yuecai Han , Kateryna Hlyniana , Yuhang Li

Optimal control is a valuable tool for quantum simulation, allowing for the optimized preparation, manipulation, and measurement of quantum states. Through the optimization of a time-dependent control parameter, target states can be…

A precise time-dependent control of a quantum system relies on an accurate account of the quantum interference among the system, the control and the environment. A diagrammatic technique has been recently developed to precisely calculate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Ching-Kit Chan , L. J. Sham

We study the time-optimal robust control of a two-level quantum system subjected to field inhomogeneities. We apply the Pontryagin Maximum Principle and we introduce a reduced space onto which the optimal dynamics is projected down. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 O. Fresse-Colson , S. Guérin , Xi Chen , D. Sugny

Optimal quantum control theory carries a huge promise for quantum technology. Its experimental application, however, is often hindered by imprecise knowledge of the its input variables, the quantum system's parameters. We show how to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-25 D. J. Egger , F. K. Wilhelm

A general scheme is presented for controlling quantum systems using evolution driven by non-selective von Neumann measurements, with or without an additional tailored electromagnetic field. As an example, a 2-level quantum system controlled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander Pechen , Nikolai Il'in , Feng Shuang , Herschel Rabitz