Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2009-02-11
Physics
Quantum Physics
9 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
We present an efficient algorithm for generating unitary maps on a $d$-dimensional Hilbert space from a time-dependent Hamiltonian through a combination of stochastic searches and geometric construction. The protocol is based on the eigen-decomposition of the map. A unitary matrix can be implemented by sequentially mapping each eigenvector to a fiducial state, imprinting the eigenphase on that state, and mapping it back to the eigenvector. This requires the design of only $d$ state-to-state maps generated by control waveforms that are efficiently found by a gradient search with computational resources that scale polynomially in $d$. In contrast, the complexity of a stochastic search for a single waveform that simultaneously acts as desired on all eigenvectors scales exponentially in $d$. We extend this construction to design maps on an $n$-dimensional subspace of the Hilbert space using only $n$ stochastic searches. Additionally, we show how these techniques can be used to control atomic spins in the ground electronic hyperfine manifold of alkali atoms in order to implement general qudit logic gates as well to perform a simple form of error correction on an embedded qubit.
Brennen Gavin
Deutsch Ivan H.
Jessen Poul S.
Merkel Seth T.
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