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Quantum computation is based on implementing selected unitary transformations which represent algorithms. A generalized optimal control theory is used to find the driving field that generates a prespecified unitary transformation. The…

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The quantum harmonic oscillator is one of the most fundamental objects in physics. We consider the case where it is extended to an arbitrary number modes and includes all possible terms that are bilinear in the annihilation and creation…

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We study the problem of charging a quantum battery in finite time. We demonstrate an analytical optimal protocol for the case of a single qubit. Extending this analysis to an array of N qubits, we demonstrate that an N-fold advantage in…

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The development of quantum control methods is an essential task for emerging quantum technologies. In general, the process of optimizing quantum controls scales very unfavorably in system size due to the exponential growth of the Hilbert…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-07 Jun Li

Quantum optimal control is a technique for controlling the evolution of a quantum system and has been applied to a wide range of problems in quantum physics. We study a binary quantum control optimization problem, where control decisions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Xinyu Fei , Lucas T. Brady , Jeffrey Larson , Sven Leyffer , Siqian Shen

Quantum batteries have recently emerged as promising candidates for microscopic energy-storage technologies exploiting uniquely quantum mechanical effects. In this work, we introduce the concept of a quantum capacitor, a quantum device…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Saeed Haddadi

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

Recently, an unconditional advantage has been demonstrated for the process of charging of a quantum battery in a collisional model. Motivated by the question of whether such an advantage could be observed experimentally, we consider a model…

Optimal control can be used to significantly improve multi-qubit gates in quantum information processing hardware architectures based on superconducting circuit quantum electrodynamics. We apply this approach not only to dispersive gates of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. Fisher , F. Helmer , S. J. Glaser , F. Marquardt , T. Schulte-Herbrueggen

Quantum batteries, as miniature energy storage devices, have sparked significant research interest in recent years. However, achieving rapid and stable energy transfer in quantum batteries while obeying quantum speed limits remains a…

Quantum batteries (QBs), acting as energy storage devices, have potential applications in future quantum science and technology. However, the QBs inevitably losses energy due to their interaction with environment. How to enhance the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Xian-Li Yin , Meixi Guo , Jian Huang , Heung-wing Joseph Lee , Guofeng Zhang

Quantum batteries represent one of the most promising applications of quantum thermodynamics, whose goal is not only to store energy inside small quantum systems but also to potentially leverage genuine quantum effects to outperform…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-17 Davide Rinaldi , Radim Filip , Dario Gerace , Giacomo Guarnieri

Precision, robustness, and efficiency are crucial aspects in the design of quantum technologies. Here, we show how genuine quantum features, together with non-Gaussianity, can be the key elements to achieve the best of these three aspects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Davide Rinaldi , Radim Filip , Dario Gerace , Giacomo Guarnieri

We investigate a quantum battery system under both external driving and dissipation. The system consists of a coupled two-level charger and battery immersed in nonequilibrium fermionic reservoirs. By considering the changes in the energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-13 Zhihai Wang , Hongwei Yu , Jin Wang

Coupling with an external environment inevitably affects the dynamics of a quantum system. Here, we consider how charging performances of a quantum battery, modelled as a two level system, are influenced by the presence of an Ohmic thermal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-03 Matteo Carrega , Alba Crescente , Dario Ferraro , Maura Sassetti

Quantum harmonic oscillator (QHO) battery models have been studied with significant importance in the recent past because these batteries are experimentally realizable and have high ergotropy and capacity to store more than one quanta of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Kuldeep Gangwar , Anirban Pathak

Optimally-shaped electromagnetic fields have the capacity to coherently control the dynamics of quantum systems and thus offer a promising means for controlling molecular transformations relevant to chemical, biological, and materials…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-08 Alicia B. Magann , Matthew D. Grace , Herschel A. Rabitz , Mohan Sarovar

Quantum battery concerns about population redistribution and energy dispatch over controllable quantum systems. Under unitary transformation, ergotropy rather than energy plays an essential role in describing the accumulated useful work.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 Shi-fan Qi , Jun Jing

The control of quantum dynamics via specially tailored laser pulses is a long-standing goal in physics and chemistry. Partly, this dream has come true, as sophisticated pulse shaping experiments allow to coherently control product ratios of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-07-16 J. Werschnik , E. K. U. Gross

Optical techniques have been employed to coherently control the quantum transport through nanojunctions. Conventional works on optical control of quantum transport usually applied a tailored electrical pulses to perform specific tasks. In…

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