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This paper aims to establish second order necessary conditions for optimal control in quantum stochastic systems. We employ a variational approach, analogous to methods in classical stochastic control, to analyze systems governed by quantum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Penghui Wang , Shan Wang

As a pure quantum state is being approached via linear feedback, and the occupation number approaches and eventually goes below unity, optimal control becomes crucial. We obtain theoretically the optimal feedback controller that minimizes…

Quantum systems can be exquisite sensors thanks to their sensitivity to external perturbations. This same characteristic also makes them fragile to external noise. Quantum control can tackle the challenge of protecting quantum sensors from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 F. Poggiali , P. Cappellaro , N. Fabbri

Extending our previous work on time optimal quantum state evolution, we formulate a variational principle for the time optimal unitary operation, which has direct relevance to quantum computation. We demonstrate our method with three…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-01 Alberto Carlini , Akio Hosoya , Tatsuhiko Koike , Yosuke Okudaira

We address parameter estimation for complex/structured systems and suggest an effective estimation scheme based on continuous-variables quantum probes. In particular, we investigate the use of a single bosonic mode as a probe for Ohmic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-31 Matteo Bina , Federico Grasselli , Matteo G. A. Paris

In this paper we present a general framework that allows one to study discretization of certain dynamical systems. This generalizes earlier work on discretization of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems on tangent bundles and cotangent…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vincent M. Guibout , Anthony M. Bloch

This work studies pulse based variational quantum algorithms (VQAs), which are designed to determine the ground state of a quantum mechanical system by combining classical and quantum hardware. In contrast to more standard gate based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-01 Robert de Keijzer , Oliver Tse , Servaas Kokkelmans

The problem of quantum metrology under the context of a particular non-Markovian quantum evolution is explored. We study the dynamics of the quantum Fisher information (QFI) of a composite quantum probe coupled to a Lorentzian environment,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 Nicolás Mirkin , Martin Larocca , Diego Wisniacki

The problem concerning the minimum time for an initial state to evolve up to a target state plays an important role in the Classic Optimal Control theory. In the quantum context, as quantum states are so sensitive to environmental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-01 Alexandre Coutinho Lisboa , Jose Roberto Castilho Piqueira

We calculate the quantum Fisher information for a generic many-body fermionic system in a pure state depending on a parameter. We discuss the situations where the parameter is imprinted in the basis states, in the state coefficients, or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-21 Olivier Giraud , Mark-Oliver Goerbig , Daniel Braun

The quantum Fisher information of a quantum state with respect to a certain parameter quantifies the sensitivity of the quantum state to changes in that parameter. Maximizing the quantum Fisher information is essential for achieving the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Huining Zhang , X. X. Yi

Measurements in quantum mechanics cannot perfectly distinguish all states and necessarily disturb the measured system. We present and analyse a proposal to demonstrate fundamental limits on quantum control of a single qubit arising from…

We show that in presence of a local and uncorrelated dephasing noise, quantum advantage can be obtained in the Fisher information-based lower bound of the minimum uncertainty in estimating parameters of the system Hamiltonian. The quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-27 Aparajita Bhattacharyya , Ahana Ghoshal , Ujjwal Sen

We propose a variational alternative to the Trotter-Suzuki decomposition that provides greater control over errors while preserving the unitary structure of time evolution. The variational parameters in our ansatz are derived from a global…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-20 Ibsal Assi , Michael Vogl , Meenu Kumari , J. P. F. LeBlanc

We investigate the use of different variational principles in quantum Monte Carlo, namely energy and variance minimization, prompted by the interest in the robust and accurate estimate of electronic excited states. For two prototypical,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-11-19 Alice Cuzzocrea , Anthony Scemama , Wim J. Briels , Saverio Moroni , Claudia Filippi

In quantum metrology, nonlinear many-body interactions can enhance the precision of Hamiltonian parameter estimation to surpass the Heisenberg scaling. Here, we consider the estimation of the interaction strength in linear systems with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-22 Jing Yang , Shengshi Pang , Adolfo del Campo , Andrew N. Jordan

Learning physical properties of a quantum system is essential for the developments of quantum technologies. However, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle constrains the potential knowledge one can simultaneously have about a system in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-25 Yunlong Xiao , Naihuan Jing , Bing Yu , Shao-Ming Fei , Xianqing Li-Jost

In this paper, we present efficient quantum algorithms that are exponentially faster than classical algorithms for solving the quantum optimal control problem. This problem involves finding the control variable that maximizes a physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Xiantao Li , Chunhao Wang

We argue that it is possible in principle to reduce the uncertainty of an atomic magnetometer by double-passing a far-detuned laser field through the atomic sample as it undergoes Larmor precession. Numerical simulations of the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-06-17 Bradley A. Chase , Ben Q. Baragiola , Heather L. Partner , Brigette D. Black , JM Geremia

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