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Optimal control techniques are applied for the decomposition of unitary quantum operations into a sequence of single-qubit gates and entangling operations. To this end, we modify a gradient-ascent algorithm developed for systems of coupled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-01-15 V. Nebendahl , H. Haffner , C. F. Roos

Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms hold great promise for solving quantum control problems on near-term quantum computers. In this work, we employ the hybrid framework that integrates digital quantum simulation with classical optimization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Tangyou Huang , Jing-Jun Zhu , Zhong-Yi Ni

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

Qubit reset is crucial in quantum technology and is typically achieved by coupling the qubit to a dissipative environment. However, the achievable speed and fidelity are limited by qubit-environment entanglement. We use exact tensor-network…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Carlos Ortega-Taberner , Eoin O'Neill , Paul Eastham

We propose a scheme for quantum information processing based on donor electron spins in semiconductors, with an architecture complementary to the original Kane proposal. We show that a naive implementation of electron spin qubits provides…

We use quantum optimal control theory algorithms to design external electric fields that drive the coupled spin and orbital dynamics of an electron in a double quantum dot, subject to the spin-orbit interaction and Zeeman magnetic fields.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 J. A. Budagosky , D. V. Khomitsky , E. Ya. Sherman , Alberto Castro

Simple, precise, and robust control is demanded for operating a large quantum information processor. However, existing routes to high-fidelity quantum control rely heavily on arbitrary waveform generators that are difficult to scale up.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Qi-Ming Chen , Herschel Rabitz , Re-Bing Wu

The ability to sense and control nuclear spins near solid-state defects might enable a range of quantum technologies. Dynamically Decoupled Radio-Frequency (DDRF) control offers a high degree of design flexibility and long electron-spin…

Qubits are typically reset into a known state by coupling them to a low-temperature environment. When treated in the Born-Markov approximation such couplings produce exponential relaxation to equilibrium, giving high reset fidelities…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Carlos Ortega-Taberner , Eoin O'Neill , Paul Eastham

We propose a scheme to control the evolution of a two-level quantum system in the strong coupling regime based on the idea of reverse-engineering. A coherent control field is designed to drive both closed and open two-level quantum systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Du Ran , Bin Zhang , Ye-Hong Chen , Zhi-Cheng Shi , Yan Xia , Reuven Ianconescu , Jacob Scheuer , Avraham Gover

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

Radical pair recombination reactions are normally described using a quantum mechanical master equation for the electronic and nuclear spin density operator. The electron spin state selective (singlet and triplet) recombination processes are…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2018-08-10 Thomas P. Fay , Lachlan P. Lindoy , David E. Manolopoulos

We shift the paradigm of feedback control from the control of quantum states to the control of phase transitions in quantum systems. We show that feedback allows tuning the universality class of phase transitions via modifying its critical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 D. A. Ivanov , T. Yu. Ivanova , S. F. Caballero-Benitez , I. B. Mekhov

We study the ability to implement unitary maps on states of the $I=9/2$ nuclear spin in \textsuperscript{87}Sr, a $d=10$ dimensional (qudecimal) Hilbert space, using quantum optimal control. Through a combination of nuclear spin-resonance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Sivaprasad Omanakuttan , Anupam Mitra , Michael J. Martin , Ivan H Deutsch

Dipole spin-wave states of atomic ensembles with wave vector ${\bf k}(\omega)$ mismatched from the dispersion relation of light are difficult to access by far-field excitation but may support rich phenomena beyond the traditional…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-11-25 Yizun He , Lingjing Ji , Yuzhuo Wang , Liyang Qiu , Jian Zhao , Yudi Ma , Xing Huang , Darrick E. Chang , Saijun Wu

Markov jump processes are widely used to model natural and engineered processes. In the context of biological or chemical applications one typically refers to the chemical master equation (CME), which models the evolution of the probability…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-05 Wei Zhang , Carsten Hartmann , Max von Kleist

The radical-pair-based chemical reaction could be used by birds for the navigation via the geomagnetic direction. An inherent physical mechanism is that the quantum coherent transition from a singlet state to triplet states of the radical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-23 C. Y. Cai , Qing Ai , H. T. Quan , C. P. Sun

Recently, spin-selective radical pair reactions have been studied using concepts from quantum measurement theory. In this Article, we show that the approach taken by Kominis (Physical Review E, 83, 2011, 056118) leads to erroneous results…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-10-12 Alpha Lee

Hybrid quantum architectures that integrate matter and photonic degrees of freedom present a promising pathway toward scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing. This approach needs to combine well-established entangling operations between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Yu Liu , Martin B. Plenio

Quantum state control is a fundamental tool for quantum technologies. In this work, we propose and analyze the use of quantum optimal control to exploit the dipolar interaction of ultracold atoms on a lattice ring, focusing on the…