Bang-Bang Control Design for Quantum State Transfer based on Hyperspherical Coordinates and Optimal Time-energy Control

TL;DR

This paper introduces a constructive bang-bang control scheme for quantum state transfer using hyperspherical coordinates, providing explicit control expressions and optimizing control amplitudes for efficient quantum state engineering.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel control scheme based on hyperspherical coordinates that explicitly determines all control parameters for quantum state transfer, unlike traditional factorization methods.

Findings

Explicit control expressions derived for quantum state transfer.

Optimal control amplitudes obtained through time-energy optimization.

Scheme extended to implement unitary operators.

Abstract

We present a constructive control scheme for solving quantum state engineering problems based on a parametrization of the state vector in terms of complex hyperspherical coordinates. Unlike many control schemes based on factorization of unitary operators the scheme gives explicit expressions for all the Euler angles in terms of the hyperspherical coordinates of the initial and final state. The factorization, when applicable, has added benefits that phase rotations can be combined and performed concurrently. The control procedure can be realized using a simple bang-bang or square-wave-function controls. Optimal time-energy control is considered to find the optimal control amplitudes. The extension of the scheme to implement unitary operators is also discussed.