TY - JOUR
T1 - Manipulating quantum pathways on the fly
AU - Rey-De-Castro, Roberto
AU - Leghtas, Zaki
AU - Rabitz, Herschel
PY - 2013/5/29
Y1 - 2013/5/29
N2 - The expectation value of a quantum system observable can be written as a sum over interfering pathway amplitudes. In this Letter, we demonstrate for the fist time adaptive manipulation of quantum pathways using the Hamiltonian encoding-observable decoding (HE-OD) technique. The principles of HE-OD are illustrated for population transfer in atomic rubidium using shaped femtosecond laser pulses. The ability to manipulate multiple pathway amplitudes is of fundamental importance in all quantum control applications.
AB - The expectation value of a quantum system observable can be written as a sum over interfering pathway amplitudes. In this Letter, we demonstrate for the fist time adaptive manipulation of quantum pathways using the Hamiltonian encoding-observable decoding (HE-OD) technique. The principles of HE-OD are illustrated for population transfer in atomic rubidium using shaped femtosecond laser pulses. The ability to manipulate multiple pathway amplitudes is of fundamental importance in all quantum control applications.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.223601
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.223601
M3 - Article
C2 - 23767721
AN - SCOPUS:84878418861
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 110
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 22
M1 - 223601
ER -