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We explore the application of quantum optimal control (QOC) techniques to state preparation of lattice field theories on quantum computers. As a first example, we focus on the Schwinger model, quantum electrodynamics in 1+1 dimensions. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-12 Jack Y. Araz , Siddhanth Bhowmick , Matt Grau , Thomas J. McEntire , Felix Ringer

Along with the scaling of dimensions in quantum systems, transitions between the system's energy levels would become close in frequency, which are conventionally resolved by weak and lengthy pulses. Here, we extend and experimentally…

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

Many natural systems exhibit phase transition where external environmental conditions spark a shift to a new and sometimes quite different state. Therefore, detecting the behavior of a stochastic dynamic system such as the most probable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-02 Jianyu Chen , Ting Gao , Yang Li , Jinqiao Duan

The paper is concerned with an optimal control problem governed by the rate-independent system of quasi-static perfect elasto-plasticity. The objective is to optimize the stress field by controlling the displacement at prescribed parts of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-24 Christian Meyer , Stephan Walther

We present a systematic scheme for optimization of quantum simulations. Specifically, we show how polychromatic driving can be used to significantly improve the driving of Raman transitions in the Lambda system, which opens new…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-09 Albert Verdeny , Łukasz Rudnicki , Cord A. Müller , Florian Mintert

The Chopped RAndom Basis (CRAB) ansatz for quantum optimal control has been proven to be a versatile tool to enable quantum technology applications, quantum computing, quantum simulation, quantum sensing, and quantum communication. Its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 Matthias M. Müller , Ressa S. Said , Fedor Jelezko , Tommaso Calarco , Simone Montangero

To mitigate dissipative effects from environmental interactions and efficiently stabilize quantum states, time-optimal control has emerged as an effective strategy for open quantum systems. This paper extends the framework by incorporating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-25 Yunyan Lee , Ian R. Petersen , Daoyi Dong

We consider an optimal control problem where the state is governed by a free boundary problem called the two-phase membrane problem and the control appears in the coefficients of the characteristic function of the positivity and negativity…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-20 Farid Bozorgnia , Vyacheslav Kungurtsev

Quantum descriptions of many complex systems are formulated most naturally in bases of states that are not mutually orthogonal. We introduce a general and powerful yet simple approach that facilitates solving such models exactly by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eldon Emberly , George Kirczenow

When a two-level quantum system is irradiated with a microwave signal, in resonance with the energy difference between the levels, it starts Rabi oscillation between those states. If there are other states close, in energy, to the first…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. H. S. Amin

Accurate control of quantum states is crucial for quantum computing and other quantum technologies. In the basic scenario, the task is to steer a quantum system towards a target state through a sequence of control operations. Determining…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-14 Yan Zhu , Tailong Xiao , Guihua Zeng , Giulio Chiribella , Ya-Dong Wu

Optimal control methods for implementing quantum modules with least amount of relaxative loss are devised to give best approximations to unitary gates under relaxation. The potential gain by optimal control using relaxation parameters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-17 T. Schulte-Herbrueggen , A. Spoerl , N. Khaneja , S. J. Glaser

Bi-causal optimal transport (OT) is a natural framework for comparing and coupling stochastic processes under nonanticipative information constraints, with important applications in robust finance, sequential uncertainty quantification, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Haoyang Cao , Jesse Hoekstra , Renyuan Xu , Yumin Xu , Ruixun Zhang

This paper details a methodology to transcribe an optimal control problem into a nonlinear program for generation of the trajectories that optimize a given functional by approximating only the highest order derivatives of a given system's…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-09 Thomas L. Ahrens , Ian M. Down , Manoranjan Majji

Optimal quantum control of continuous variable systems poses a formidable computational challenge because of the high-dimensional character of the system dynamics. The framework of quantum invariants can significantly reduce the complexity…

We study the absorbing state transition in particulate systems under spatially inhomogeneous driving using a modified random organization model. For smoothly varying driving the steady state results map onto the homogeneous absorbing state…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-03-06 Bhanu Prasad Bhowmik , Christopher Ness

The control of flying qubits carried by itinerant photons is ubiquitous in quantum networks. Beside their logical states, the shape of flying qubits must also be tailored for high-efficiency information transmission. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Xue Dong , Xi Cao , Wen-Long Li , Guofeng Zhang , Zhihui Peng , Re-Bing Wu

We investigate optimal control strategies for state to state transitions in a model of a quantum dot molecule containing two active strongly interacting electrons. The Schrodinger equation is solved nonperturbatively in conjunction with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-14 R. Nepstad , L. Sælen , I. Degani , J. P. Hansen

A vast collection of light-matter interactions are described by the single-frequency Rabi model. However, the physical world is polychromatic, and until now there is no general method to find analytic solutions to the multi-frequency Rabi…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-24 Ben Yuen