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We discuss quantum speed limits (QSLs) for finite-dimensional quantum systems undergoing general physical processes. These QSLs were obtained using Schatten $\alpha$-norms, firstly exploiting geometric features of the quantum state space,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 Alberto J. B. Rosal , Diogo O. Soares-Pinto , Diego Paiva Pires

Designing multi-qubit quantum logic gates with experimental constraints is an important problem in quantum computing. Here, we develop a new quantum optimal control algorithm for finding unitary transformations with constraints on the…

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A remarkably simple result is derived for the minimal time $T_{\rm min}$ required to drive a general initial state to a final target state by a Landau-Zener type Hamiltonian or, equivalently, by time-dependent laser driving. The associated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Gerhard C. Hegerfeldt

Geometric phase is a promising element to induce high-fidelity and robust quantum operations due to its built-in noise-resilience feature. Unfortunately, its practical applications are usually circumscribed by requiring complex interactions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-08 Tao Chen , Zheng-Yuan Xue

The ability to engineer high-fidelity gates on quantum processors in the presence of systematic errors remains the primary barrier to achieving quantum advantage. Quantum optimal control methods have proven effective in experimentally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-30 Thomas Propson , Brian E. Jackson , Jens Koch , Zachary Manchester , David I. Schuster

We propose a Global-Local optimization algorithm for quantum control that combines standard local search methodologies with evolutionary algorithms. This allows us to find faster solutions to a set of problems relating to ultracold control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-22 Jens Jakob Sørensen , Mikel Aranburu , Till Heinzel , Jacob Sherson

In this work we derive a lower bound for the minimum time required to implement a target unitary transformation through a classical time-dependent field in a closed quantum system. The bound depends on the target gate, the strength of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 Christian Arenz , Benjamin Russell , Daniel Burgarth , Herschel Rabitz

Quantum speed limits are the boundaries that define how quickly one quantum state can transform into another. Instead of focusing on the transformation between pairs of states, we provide bounds on the speed limit of quantum evolution by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-10 Abolfazl Farmanian , Vahid Karimipour

Timing and phase resolution in satellite QKD, kilometre-scale gravitational-wave detectors, and space-borne clock networks hinge on quantum-speed limits (QSLs), yet benchmarks omit relativistic effects for coherent and squeezed probes. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 Salman Sajad Wani , Aatif Kaisar Khan , Saif Al-Kuwari , Mir Faizal

We introduce a novel algorithm for the task of coherently controlling a quantum mechanical system to implement any chosen unitary dynamics. It performs faster than existing state of the art methods by one to three orders of magnitude…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Pierre de Fouquieres

We apply the methodology of optimal control theory to the problem of implementing quantum gates in continuous variable systems with quadratic Hamiltonians. We demonstrate that it is possible to define a fidelity measure for continuous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rebing Wu , Raj Chakrabarti , Herschel Rabitz

Geometric quantum computation offers a practical strategy toward robust quantum computation due to its inherently error tolerance. However, the rigorous geometric conditions lead to complex and/or error-disturbed quantum controls,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-28 Tao Chen , Zheng-Yuan Xue , Z. D. Wang

Successful implementation of a fault-tolerant quantum computation on a system of qubits places severe demands on the hardware used to control the many-qubit state. It is known that an accuracy threshold $P_{a}$ exists for any quantum gate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-18 Yuchen Peng , Frank Gaitan

The quantum speed limit (QSL) refers to the maximum speed of a quantum system to evolve from an initial state to its orthogonal states. The bound on the QSL for Hermitian systems, for example the Mandelstam-Tamm (MT) and Margolus-Levitin…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Zhanxi Wang , Xiaozhe Hao , X. X. Yi

Cloud-based quantum computers do not provide users with access to hardware-level information such as the underlying Hamiltonians, which obstructs the characterization of their physical properties. We propose a method to infer the energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 Nobumasa Ishida , Yoshihiko Hasegawa

Quantum mechanics sets fundamental limits on how fast quantum states can be transformed in time. Two well-known quantum speed limits are the Mandelstam-Tamm and the Margolus-Levitin bounds, which relate the maximum speed of evolution to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-30 Gal Ness , Manolo R. Lam , Wolfgang Alt , Dieter Meschede , Yoav Sagi , Andrea Alberti

Most methods of optimal control cannot obtain accurate time-optimal protocols. The quantum brachistochrone equation is an exception, and has the potential to provide accurate time-optimal protocols for essentially any quantum control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-14 Xiaoting Wang , Michele Allegra , Kurt Jacobs , Seth Lloyd , Cosmo Lupo , Masoud Mohseni

We use quantum optimal control to identify fast collision-based two-qubit $\sqrt{\text{SWAP}}$ gates in ultracold atoms. We show that a significant speed up can be achieved by optimizing the full gate instead of separately optimizing the…

We cast observable measure of quantum coherence or asymmetry as a resource to control the quantum speed limit (QSL) for unitary evolutions. For non-unitary evolutions, QSL depends on that of the state of the system and environment together.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Debasis Mondal , Chandan Datta , Sk Sazim

The performance of key tasks in quantum technology, such as accurate state preparation, can be maximized by utilizing external controls and deriving their shape with optimal control theory. For non-pure target states, the performance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 Daniel Basilewitsch , Christiane P. Koch , Daniel M. Reich