Quantum optimal control in quantum technologies. Strategic report on current status, visions and goals for research in Europe

CP Koch, U Boscain, T Calarco, G Dirr… - EPJ Quantum …, 2022 - epjqt.epj.org
Quantum optimal control, a toolbox for devising and implementing the shapes of external
fields that accomplish given tasks in the operation of a quantum device in the best way …

Quantum control of molecular rotation

CP Koch, M Lemeshko, D Sugny - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
The angular momentum of molecules, or, equivalently, their rotation in three-dimensional
space, is ideally suited for quantum control. Molecular angular momentum is naturally …

Introduction to the Pontryagin maximum principle for quantum optimal control

U Boscain, M Sigalotti, D Sugny - PRX Quantum, 2021 - APS
Optimal control theory is a powerful mathematical tool, which has known a rapid
development since the 1950s, mainly for engineering applications. More recently, it has …

[HTML][HTML] Training Schrödinger's cat: Quantum optimal control: Strategic report on current status, visions and goals for research in Europe

SJ Glaser, U Boscain, T Calarco, CP Koch… - The European Physical …, 2015 - Springer
It is control that turns scientific knowledge into useful technology: in physics and engineering
it provides a systematic way for driving a dynamical system from a given initial state into a …

Controlling open quantum systems: tools, achievements, and limitations

CP Koch - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The advent of quantum devices, which exploit the two essential elements of quantum
physics, coherence and entanglement, has sparked renewed interest in the control of open …

Reachable sets for two-level open quantum systems driven by coherent and incoherent controls

L Lokutsievskiy, A Pechen - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, we study controllability in the set of all density matrices for a two-level open
quantum system driven by coherent and incoherent controls. In Pechen (2011 Phys. Rev. A …

Krotov method for optimal control of closed quantum systems

OV Morzhin, AN Pechen - Russian Mathematical Surveys, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The mathematics of optimal control of quantum systems is of great interest in connection with
fundamental problems of physics as well as with existing and prospective applications to …

[图书][B] Formulation and numerical solution of quantum control problems

A Borzì, G Ciaramella, M Sprengel - 2017 - SIAM
The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to some representative nonrelativistic
quantum control problems and to their theoretical analysis and solution by modern …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum resources for purification and cooling: fundamental limits and opportunities

F Ticozzi, L Viola - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Preparing a quantum system in a pure state is ultimately limited by the nature of the system's
evolution in the presence of its environment and by the initial state of the environment itself …

Adiabatic ensemble control of a continuum of quantum systems

N Augier, U Boscain, M Sigalotti - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2018 - SIAM
In this article we discuss how to control a parameter-dependent family of quantum systems.
Our technique is based on adiabatic approximation theory and on the presence of curves of …