Control of quantum phenomena: past, present and future

C Brif, R Chakrabarti, H Rabitz - New Journal of Physics, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum control is concerned with active manipulation of physical and chemical processes
on the atomic and molecular scale. This work presents a perspective of progress in the field …

Comparing, optimizing, and benchmarking quantum-control algorithms in a unifying programming framework

S Machnes, U Sander, SJ Glaser, P de Fouquieres… - Physical Review A …, 2011 - APS
For paving the way to novel applications in quantum simulation, computation, and
technology, increasingly large quantum systems have to be steered with high precision. It is …

Adaptive hybrid optimal quantum control for imprecisely characterized systems

DJ Egger, FK Wilhelm - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
Optimal quantum control theory carries a huge promise for quantum technology. Its
experimental application, however, is often hindered by imprecise knowledge of the input …

Stabilizing open quantum systems by Markovian reservoir engineering

SG Schirmer, X Wang - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2010 - APS
We study open quantum systems whose evolution is governed by a master equation of
Kossakowski-Gorini-Sudarshan-Lindblad type and give a characterization of the convex set …

Optimal control of open quantum systems: Cooperative effects of driving and dissipation

R Schmidt, A Negretti, J Ankerhold, T Calarco… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
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 …

Communication at the quantum speed limit along a spin chain

M Murphy, S Montangero, V Giovannetti… - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2010 - APS
Spin chains have long been considered as candidates for quantum channels to facilitate
quantum communication. We consider the transfer of a single excitation along a spin-1/2 …

Optimal control methods for rapidly time-varying Hamiltonians

F Motzoi, JM Gambetta, ST Merkel, FK Wilhelm - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2011 - APS
In this article, we develop a numerical method to find optimal control pulses that accounts for
the separation of timescales between the variation of the input control fields and the applied …

Universal gates for protected superconducting qubits using optimal control

M Abdelhafez, B Baker, A Gyenis, P Mundada… - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We employ quantum optimal control theory to realize quantum gates for two protected
superconducting circuits: the heavy-fluxonium qubit and the 0-π qubit. Utilizing automatic …

Robust quantum gates for open systems via optimal control: Markovian versus non-Markovian dynamics

FF Floether, P De Fouquieres… - New Journal of …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the implementation of one-, two-and three-qubit quantum gates for interacting
qubits using optimal control. Markovian and non-Markovian environments are compared …