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We investigate the optimal control of open quantum systems, in particular, the mutual influence of driving and dissipation. A stochastic approach to open-system control is developed, using a generalized version of Krotov's iterative…

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Quantum learning encounters fundamental challenges when estimating non-linear properties, owing to the inherent linearity of quantum mechanics. Although recent advances in single-copy randomized measurement protocols have achieved optimal…

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We study the performance of two measures of non-Markovianity in detecting memory effects in two-qubit dephasing channels. By combining independent Markovian and non-Markovian noise on the qubits, our results show that the trace distance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-06 Antti Karlsson , Henri Lyyra , Elsi-Mari Laine , Sabrina Maniscalco , Jyrki Piilo

Continuous-variable (CV) quantum systems provide a versatile platform for quantum information processing, in which quantum states can be represented in the quadrature phase space. In realistic implementations, environmental noise, primarily…

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This paper introduces a novel method for robust output-feedback model predictive control (MPC) for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems. We propose a novel interval-valued predictor which, given an initial estimate of the state,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Scott Brown , Mohammad Khajenejad , Aamodh Suresh , Sonia Martinez

We determine the total state dynamics of a dephasing open quantum system using the standard environment of harmonic oscillators. Of particular interest are random unitary approaches to the same reduced dynamics and system-environment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Ansgar Pernice , Julius Helm , Walter T. Strunz

In quantum computation, amplitude estimation is a fundamental subroutine that is utilized in various quantum algorithms. A general important task of such estimation problems is to characterize the estimation lower bound, which is referred…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-10 Kohei Oshio , Yohichi Suzuki , Kaito Wada , Keigo Hisanaga , Shumpei Uno , Naoki Yamamoto

The exact stochastic decomposition of non-Markovian dissipative quantum dynamics is combined with the time-dependent semiclassical initial value formalism. It is shown that even in the challenging regime of moderate friction and low…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-09-30 Werner Koch , Frank Großmann , Jürgen T. Stockburger , Joachim Ankerhold

We develop a model-free approach to optimally control stochastic, Markovian systems subject to a reach-avoid constraint. Specifically, the state trajectory must remain within a safe set while reaching a target set within a finite time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Tingting Ni , Maryam Kamgarpour

We analyze precision bounds for a local phase estimation in the presence of general, non-Markovian phase noise. We demonstrate that the metrological equivalence of product and maximally entangled states that holds under strictly Markovian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Alex W. Chin , Susana F. Huelga , Martin B. Plenio

Controlling phase transitions in quantum systems via coupling to reservoirs has been mostly studied for idealized memory-less environments under the so-called Markov approximation. Yet, most quantum materials and experiments in the solid…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-11 Baptiste Debecker , John Martin , François Damanet

We present a \emph{novel} and scalable supervised machine learning framework to predict open-quantum system dynamics and detect non-Markovian memory using only local ancilla measurements. A system qubit is coherently coupled to an ancilla…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-30 Ali Abu-Nada , Subhashish Banerjee

We propose a protocol to overcome the shot noise limit and reach the Heisenberg scaling limit for parameter estimation by using quantum optimal control and a time-reversal strategy. Exemplified through the phase estimation, which can play…

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Optimal decision-making presents a significant challenge for autonomous systems operating in uncertain, stochastic and time-varying environments. Environmental variability over time can significantly impact the system's optimal decision…

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Understanding how external driving and dissipation jointly influence the dynamics of open quantum systems is essential for advancing the study of non-equilibrium quantum phenomena and developing quantum technologies. The present study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Roie Dann

Non-Markovian processes may arise in physics due to memory effects of environmental degrees of freedom. For quantum non-Markovianity, it is an ongoing debate to clarify whether such memory effects have a verifiable quantum origin, or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Charlotte Bäcker , Konstantin Beyer , Walter T. Strunz

We construct a general measure for the degree of non-Markovian behavior in open quantum systems. This measure is based on the trace distance which quantifies the distinguishability of quantum states. It represents a functional of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-05 Heinz-Peter Breuer , Elsi-Mari Laine , Jyrki Piilo

Sampling-based Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a flexible control framework that can reason about non-smooth dynamics and cost functions. Recently, significant work has focused on the use of machine learning to improve the performance of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-07 Jacob Sacks , Byron Boots

A promising approach to optimal control of nonlinear systems involves iteratively linearizing the system and solving an optimization problem at each time instant to determine the optimal control input. Since this approach relies on online…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-30 Anran Li , John P. Swensen , Mehdi Hosseinzadeh

In this work we present a general machine learning based scheme to optimize experimental control. The method utilizes the neural network to learn the relation between the control parameters and the control goal, with which the optimal…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-11-03 Yadong Wu , Zengming Meng , Kai Wen , Chengdong Mi , Jing Zhang , Hui Zhai