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 estimation, control and learning: Opportunities and challenges

D Dong, IR Petersen - Annual Reviews in Control, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The development of estimation and control theories for quantum systems is a fundamental
task for practical quantum technology. This vision article presents a brief introduction to …

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 …

Methodology of resonant equiangular composite quantum gates

GH Low, TJ Yoder, IL Chuang - Physical Review X, 2016‏ - APS
The creation of composite quantum gates that implement quantum response functions U^(θ)
dependent on some parameter of interest θ is often more of an art than a science. Through …

Sampling-based learning control of inhomogeneous quantum ensembles

C Chen, D Dong, R Long, IR Petersen, HA Rabitz - Physical Review A, 2014‏ - APS
Compensation for parameter dispersion is a significant challenge for control of
inhomogeneous quantum ensembles. In this paper, we present the systematic methodology …

Optimal pulse design in quantum control: A unified computational method

JS Li, J Ruths, TY Yu, H Arthanari… - Proceedings of the …, 2011‏ - National Acad Sciences
Many key aspects of control of quantum systems involve manipulating a large quantum
ensemble exhibiting variation in the value of parameters characterizing the system …

Sliding mode control of two-level quantum systems

D Dong, IR Petersen - Automatica, 2012‏ - Elsevier
This paper proposes a robust control method based on sliding mode design for two-level
quantum systems with bounded uncertainties. An eigenstate of the two-level quantum …

Ensemble control of finite-dimensional time-varying linear systems

JS Li - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2010‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we investigate the problem of simultaneously steering an uncountable family
of finite-dimensional time-varying linear systems with the same control signal. This class of …

Robust optimal control of two-level quantum systems

L Van Damme, Q Ansel, SJ Glaser, D Sugny - Physical Review A, 2017‏ - APS
We investigate the time-and energy-minimum optimal solutions for the robust control of two-
level quantum systems against offset or control-field uncertainties. Using the Pontryagin …

Frictionless atom cooling in harmonic traps: A time-optimal approach

D Stefanatos, J Ruths, JS Li - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2010‏ - APS
In this article we formulate frictionless atom cooling in harmonic traps as a time-optimal
control problem, permitting imaginary values of the trap frequency for transient time intervals …