Identification and control of quantum systems

Abstract

This paper aims at finding the real-valued dynamics that is equivalent to the Schrödinger equation and then implementing quantum control by making use of the well developed classical control theory. Firstly, pure state identification approaches are presented for two-level, three-level and n-level systems, respectively. Secondly, based on the discussions on the pure state identification, real-valued dynamics that are equivalent to the Schrödinger equations are deduced for both two-level and three-level systems. Finally, a control strategy based on Lyapunov approach is proposed by making use of the obtained real-valued dynamics. Different from the existing Lyapunov control based on the Schrödinger equation, the proposed control strategy can achieve state convergence to its goal state without any constraints on the internal Hamiltonian. Simulation results are included to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach. ©2010 IEEE.