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 …

Near-term quantum computing techniques: Variational quantum algorithms, error mitigation, circuit compilation, benchmarking and classical simulation

HL Huang, XY Xu, C Guo, G Tian, SJ Wei… - Science China Physics …, 2023 - Springer
Quantum computing is a game-changing technology for global academia, research centers
and industries including computational science, mathematics, finance, pharmaceutical …

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 …

Doubly geometric quantum control

W Dong, F Zhuang, SE Economou, E Barnes - PRX Quantum, 2021 - APS
In holonomic quantum computation, quantum gates are performed using driving protocols
that trace out closed loops on the Bloch sphere, making them robust to certain pulse errors …

Geometrical formalism for dynamically corrected gates in multiqubit systems

D Buterakos, S Das Sarma, E Barnes - PRX Quantum, 2021 - APS
The ability to perform gates in multiqubit systems that are robust to noise is of crucial
importance for the advancement of quantum information technologies. However, finding …

Hidden inverses: Coherent error cancellation at the circuit level

B Zhang, S Majumder, PH Leung, S Crain, Y Wang… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Coherent gate errors are a concern in many proposed quantum-computing architectures.
Here, we show that certain coherent errors can be reduced by a local optimization that …

Optimal robust stimulated Raman exact passage by inverse optimization

X Laforgue, G Dridi, S Guérin - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
We apply the inverse geometric optimization technique to generate an optimal and robust
stimulated Raman exact passage (STIREP) considering the loss of the upper state as a …

Geometric formalism for constructing arbitrary single-qubit dynamically corrected gates

J Zeng, CH Yang, AS Dzurak, E Barnes - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Implementing high-fidelity quantum control and reducing the effect of the coupling between
a quantum system and its environment is a major challenge in develo** quantum …

Dynamically corrected gates from geometric space curves

E Barnes, FA Calderon-Vargas, W Dong… - Quantum Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum information technologies demand highly accurate control over quantum systems.
Achieving this requires control techniques that perform well despite the presence of …

Robust single-qubit gates by composite pulses in three-level systems

ZC Shi, HN Wu, LT Shen, J Song, Y **a, XX Yi… - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
Composite pulses are an efficient tool for robust quantum control. In this work, we derive the
form of the composite pulse sequence to implement robust single-qubit gates in a three-level …