Singularities of Quantum Control Landscapes

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2009-07-14

arxiv.org/abs/0907.2354v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

18 pages, 3 figures

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A quantum control landscape is defined as the objective to be optimized as a function of the control variables. Existing empirical and theoretical studies reveal that most realistic quantum control landscapes are generally devoid of false traps. However, the impact of singular controls has yet to be investigated, which can arise due to a singularity on the mapping from the control to the final quantum state. We provide an explicit characterization of such controls that are strongly Hamiltonian-dependent and investigate their associated landscape geometry. Although in principle the singularities may correspond to local traps, we did not find any in numerical simulations. Also, as they occupy a small portion of the entire set of possible critical controls, their influence is expected to be much smaller than controls corresponding to the commonly located regular extremals. This observation supports the established ease of optimal searches to find high-quality controls in simulations and experiments.

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