Control landscapes for observable preparation with open quantum systems

Rebing Wu, Alexander Pechen, Herschel Rabitz

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Abstract

A quantum control landscape is defined as a function(al) of the system control variables that are to be optimized, and it was introduced to understand the successes in quantum control experiments. This paper explores the control landscape for observable preparation under the circumstance where the environment has an influence on the quantum system to be controlled. Provided that the open system is fully controllable, the analysis proves that there are no false traps to be encountered on the way to finding the absolute landscape maximum. This provides theoretical support for the observed ease of obtaining high quality controls in the laboratory, and opens up perspectives to develop more efficient quantum control algorithms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2007, CDC
Pages6365-6369
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2007, CDC - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: Dec 12 2007 → Dec 14 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
ISSN (Print)0191-2216

Other

Other46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2007, CDC
CountryUnited States
CityNew Orleans, LA
Period12/12/07 → 12/14/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Control and Optimization

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