Quantum control based on three forms of Lyapunov functions

This paper introduces the quantum control of Lyapunov functions based on the state distance, the mean of imaginary quantities and state errors.In this paper, the specific control laws under the three forms are given.Stability is analyzed by the La Salle invariance principle and the numerical simulation is carried out in a 2D test system.The calculation process for the Lyapunov function is based on a combination of the average of virtual mechanical quantities, the particle swarm algorithm and a simulated annealing algorithm.Finally, a unified form of the control laws under the three forms is given.

Enhancing quantum metrology for multiple frequencies of oscillating magnetic fields by quantum control

Quantum multi-parameter estimation has recently attracted increased attention due to its wide applications, with a primary goal of designing high-precision measurement schemes for unknown parameters. While existing research has predominantly concentrated on time-independent Hamiltonians, little has been known about quantum multi-parameter estimation for time-dependent Hamiltonians due to the complexity of quantum dynamics. This work bridges the gap by investigating the precision limit of multi-parameter quantum estimation for a qubit in an oscillating magnetic field model with multiple unknown frequencies. As the well-known quantum Cramer–Rao bound is generally unattainable due to the potential incompatibility between the optimal measurements for different parameters, we use the most informative bound instead which is always attainable and equivalent to the Holevo bound in the asymptotic limit. Moreover, we apply additional Hamiltonian to the system to engineer the dynamics of the qubit. By utilizing the quasi-Newton method, we explore the optimal schemes to attain the highest precision for the unknown frequencies of the magnetic field, including the simultaneous optimization of initial state preparation, the control Hamiltonian and the final measurement. The results indicate that the optimization can yield much higher precisions for the field frequencies than those without the optimizations. Finally,we study the robustness of the optimal control scheme with respect to the fluctuation of the interested frequencies, and the optimized scheme exhibits superior robustness to the scenario without any optimization.

DIRECT SELF-REPAIRING CONTROL FOR HELICOPTER VIA QUANTUM CONTROL AND ADAPTIVE COMPENSATOR

A direct self-repairing control approach is proposed for helicopter via quantum control techniques and adaptive compensator when some complex faults occur. For a linear varying-parameter helicopter control system, the model reference adaptive control law is designed and an adaptive compensator is used for improving its self-re- pairing capability. To enhance anti-interference capability of helicopter, quantum control feedforward is added be- tween fault and disturbance. Simulation results illustrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the approach.

Establishing formal state space models via quantization forquantum control systems

Formal state space models of quantum control systems are deduced and a scheme to establish formal state space models via quantization could been obtained for quantum control systems is proposed. State evolution of quantum control systems must accord with Schrdinger equations, so it is foremost to obtain Hamiltonian operators of systems. There are corresponding relations between operators of quantum systems and corresponding physical quantities of classical systems, such as momentum, energy and Hamiltonian, so Schrdinger equation models of corresponding quantum control systems via quantization could been obtained from classical control systems, and then establish formal state space models through the suitable transformation from Schrdinger equations for these quantum control systems. This method provides a new kind of path for modeling in quantum control.

Chaotic state as an output of vacuum state evolving in diffusion channel and generation of displaced chaotic state for quantum controlling

We show that chaotic state can be produced as an output of vacuum state evolving in diffusion channel,while displaced chaotic state is output of a coherent state evolving in diffusion channel.We also introduce the thermo vaccum state for the displaced chaotic state and evaluate the average photon number.The displaced chaotic state may be used exhibiting quantum controlling.

Quantum Control Strategy Based on State Distance

Based on Bures distance, a Lyapunov function that represents the distance between a desired state and the actual state of a quantum system is selected. Considering the cases that an initial state is and is not orthogonal to the desired state respectively, we propose a class of control strategies with state feedback that ensures the stability of the closed-loop control system. Especially, the asymptotic stability of the control system is analyzed, deduced and proved in detail. Finally, a simulation experiment on a spin-1/2 particle system is done and the relation between the system state evolution time and control value is analyzed with diffierent parameters . Research results have general theoretical meaning for control of quantum systems.

Experimental realization of quantum controlled teleportation of arbitrary two-qubit state via a five-qubit entangled state

Quantum controlled teleportation is the transmission of the quantum state under the supervision of a third party.This paper presents the theoretical and experimental results of an arbitrary two-qubit quantum controlled teleportation scheme,in which the sender Alice only needs to perform two Bell state measurements and the receiver Bob can perform an appropriate unitary operation to reconstruct the arbitrary two-qubit states under the control of the supervisor Charlie.The operation process of the scheme is verified on the IBM quantum experience platform,and the accuracy of the transmitted quantum state is further checked by performing quantum state tomography.Meanwhile,a good fidelity is obtained by using the theoretical density matrix and the experimental density matrix.A sequence of photonic states is introduced to analyze the possible intercept-replace-resend,intercept-measure-resend,and entanglement-measure-resend attacks on this scheme.The results proved that our scheme is highly secure.

Optimal and robust control of population transfer in asymmetric quantum-dot molecules

We present an optimal and robust quantum control method for efficient population transfer in asymmetric double quantum-dot molecules.We derive a long-duration control scheme that allows for highly efficient population transfer by accurately controlling the amplitude of a narrow-bandwidth pulse.To overcome fluctuations in control field parameters,we employ a frequency-domain quantum optimal control theory method to optimize the spectral phase of a single pulse with broad bandwidth while preserving the spectral amplitude.It is shown that this spectral-phase-only optimization approach can successfully identify robust and optimal control fields,leading to efficient population transfer to the target state while concurrently suppressing population transfer to undesired states.The method demonstrates resilience to fluctuations in control field parameters,making it a promising approach for reliable and efficient population transfer in practical applications.

Simulations of superconducting quantum gates by digital flux tuner for qubits

The interconnection bottleneck caused by limitations of cable number, inner space and cooling power of dilution refrigerators has been an outstanding challenge for building scalable superconducting quantum computers with the increasing number of qubits in quantum processors. To surmount such an obstacle, it is desirable to integrate qubits with quantum–classical interface(QCI) circuits based on rapid single flux quantum(RSFQ) circuits. In this work, a digital flux tuner for qubits(DFTQ) is proposed for manipulating flux of qubits as a crucial part of the interface circuit. A schematic diagram of the DFTQ is presented, consisting of a coarse tuning unit and a fine-tuning unit for providing magnetic flux with different precision to qubits. The method of using DFTQ to provide flux for gate operations is discussed from the optimization of circuit design and input signal. To verify the effectiveness of the method, simulations of a single DFTQ and quantum gates including a Z gate and an iSWAP gate with DFTQs are performed for flux-tunable transmons. The quantum process tomography corresponding to the two gates is also carried out to analyze the sources of gate error. The results of tomography show that the gate fidelities independent of the initial states of the Z gate and the iSWAP gate are 99.935% and 99.676%,respectively. With DFTQs inside, the QCI would be a powerful tool for building large-scale quantum computers.

Balancing the minimum error rate and minimum copy consumption in quantum state discrimination

Extracting more information and saving quantum resources are two main aims for quantum measurements.However,the optimization of strategies for these two objectives varies when discriminating between quantum states■and■through multiple measurements.In this study,we introduce a novel state discrimination model that reveals the intricate relationship between the average error rate and average copy consumption.By integrating these two crucial metrics and minimizing their weighted sum for any given weight value,our research underscores the infeasibility of simultaneously minimizing these metrics through local measurements with one-way communication.Our findings present a compelling trade-off curve,highlighting the advantages of achieving a balance between error rate and copy consumption in quantum discrimination tasks,offering valuable insights into the optimization of quantum resources while ensuring the accuracy of quantum state discrimination.

Quantum state protection from finite-temperature thermal noise with application to controlled quantum teleportation

We propose a quantum state protection scheme via quantum feedforward control combined with environment-assisted measurement to protect arbitrary unknown initial states from the finite-temperature thermal noise(FTTN).The main strategy is to transfer the quantum system to a noise-robust state by weak measurement and feedforward control before the noise channel.Then we apply the environment-assisted measurement on the noise channel to select our desired damped states that are invertible to the initial state.After the noise channel,the reversal operations are applied to restore the initial state.We consider the protection of a single-qubit system,derive the analytical expressions of the success probability and the fidelity,and analyze the influence of key parameters on the performance of the proposed scheme.Unlike previous studies,there is no trade-off between the fidelity and the success probability in the proposed scheme;hence one could maximize them separately.Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can greatly improve the fidelity of the quantum state with a certain success probability.Moreover,the proposed scheme is successfully applied to improving the fidelity of controlled quantum teleportation through two independent FTTN channels from the perspective of protecting the shared entanglement.

Hamiltonian Reduction of Quantum Systems Controlled by Pulses

We explores Hamiltonian reduction in pulse-controlled finite-dimensional quantum systems with near-degenerate eigenstates. A quantum system with a non-degenerate ground state and several near-degenerate excited states is controlled by a short pulse, and the objective is to maximize the collective population on all excited states when we treat all of them as one level. Two cases of the systems are shown to be equivalent to effective two-level systems. When the pulse is weak, simple relations between the original systems and the reduced systems are obtained. When the pulse is strong, these relations are still available for pulses with only one frequency under the first-order approximation.

Perfect quantum controlled teleportation via a novel threeparticle partially entangled channel

Recently Li et al. proposed special partially entangled states serving as quantum channel in quantum controlled teleportation, while there are some limitations in their scheme. Based on that, we present a possible improvement in this paper. We construct a novel three-particle partially entangled state which is suitable for perfect controlled teleportation. A simple quantum circuit is designed to obtain this state. We evaluate quantum controlled teleportation from three points of view： teleportation fidelity, success probability and the controller＇s power. Detailed calculations and simulation analyses show that the constructed state is a suitable channel for controlled teleportation of arbitrary qubits, unit teleportation fidelity and 100% success probability can be achieved. Meanwhile, as long as channel＇s entanglement degree equals to or greater than 3/4, the controller＇s power can be guaranteed.

Time optimal quantum control of two-qubit systems

We study the optimal quantum control of heteronuclear two-qubit systems described by a Hamiltonian containing both nonlocal internal drift and local control terms.We derive an explicit formula to compute the minimum time required to steer the system from an initial state to a specified final state.As applications the minimal time to implement Controlled-NOT gate,SWAP gate and Controlled-U gate is calculated in detail.The experimental realizations of these quantum gates are explicitly presented.

The modelling of quantum control systems

High-performance control of quantum dynamics is key to the development of quantum technologies.From quantum-state engineering to quantum metrology,theory and practice of quantum control enable robust and cheaper technologies for future industrial applications.Starting from fundamental matter–field interactions, we overview various approaches to modelling quantum control systems, in which control can be implemented by either changing field or material properties. These models are built in time or frequency domain and can be interconnected to form quantum feedback networks. This review can be taken as a useful reference for engineers to understand the quantum physics behind, or for physicists to resolve control problems from a control engineering point of view.

Controlled Teleportation of Multi-qudit Quantum Information by Entanglement Swapping

In this paper, we present a scheme for teleporting multi-qudit quantum state, from the sender Alice to the receiver Charlie via many controllers Bobs, whose control parameters are obtained using entanglement swapping of maximally d-dimensional EPR pair. In our scheme, Yang＇s qutrit controlled teleportation protocol [Commun. Theor. Phys. 49 （2008） 338] based on Bell-state entanglement swapping is generalized to the qudit case. The scheme of multi-qudit owns the advantage of having higher code capacity and better security than that of multi-qutrit.

Optimization Landscape of Quantum Control Systems

Optimization is ubiquitous in the control of quantum dynamics in atomic,molecular,and optical systems.The ease or difficulty of finding control solutions,which is practically crucial for developing quantum technologies,is highly dependent on the geometry of the underlying optimization landscapes.In this review,we give an introduction to the basic concepts in the theory of quantum optimal control landscapes,and their trap-free critical topology under two fundamental assumptions.Furthermore,the effects of various factors on the search effort are discussed,including control constraints,singularities,saddles,noises,and non-topological features of the landscapes.Additionally,we review recent experimental advances in the control of molecular and spin systems.These results provide an overall understanding of the optimization complexity of quantum control dynamics,which may help to develop more efficient optimization algorithms for quantum control systems,and as a promising extension,the training processes in quantum machine learning.

Incoherent control of two classes of finite-level quantum systems

The incoherent control of finite-level quantum systems is investigated. Following a brief introduction to coherent control paradigms in quantum control, a control problem that can not be accomplished using only coherent control is presented. For such a control problem, it is proved that it can be accomplished using incoherent control based on projective measurement and coherent control for two classes of finite-level quantum systems, i.e., eigenstate controllable quantum systems and wavefunction controllable quantum systems.

Comparison of differential evolution, particle swarm optimization,quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization, and quantum evolutionary algorithm for preparation of quantum states

Four intelligent optimization algorithms are compared by searching for control pulses to achieve the preparation of target quantum states for closed and open quantum systems, which include differential evolution(DE), particle swarm optimization(PSO), quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization(QPSO), and quantum evolutionary algorithm(QEA).We compare their control performance and point out their differences. By sampling and learning for uncertain quantum systems, the robustness of control pulses found by these four algorithms is also demonstrated and compared. The resulting research shows that the QPSO nearly outperforms the other three algorithms for all the performance criteria considered.This conclusion provides an important reference for solving complex quantum control problems by optimization algorithms and makes the QPSO be a powerful optimization tool.

Experimentally realizing efficient quantum control with reinforcement learning

We experimentally investigate deep reinforcement learning(DRL)as an artificial intelligence approach to control a quantum system.We verify that DRL explores fast and robust digital quantum controls with operation time analytically hinted by shortcuts to adiabaticity.In particular,the protocol’s robustness against both over-rotations and off-resonance errors can still be achieved simultaneously without any priori input.For the thorough comparison,we choose the task as single-qubit flipping,in which various analytical methods are well-developed as the benchmark,ensuring their feasibility in the quantum system as well.Consequently,a gate operation is demonstrated on a trapped^(171) Yb^(+)ion,significantly outperforming analytical pulses in the gate time and energy cost with hybrid robustness,as well as the fidelity after repetitive operations under time-varying stochastic errors.Our experiments reveal a framework of computer-inspired quantum control,which can be extended to other complicated tasks without loss of generality.