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arXiv:0903.1011 · IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

Parameter estimation of a 3-level quantum system with a single population measurement

Zaki Leghtas, Mazyar Mirrahimi, Pierre Rouchon

Published Dec 1, 2009• 7 citations
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Abstract

An observer-based Hamiltonian identification algorithm for quantum systems has been recently proposed by two of the authors to estimate the dipole moment matrix of a quantum system requiring the measurement of the populations on all states. This could be experimentally difficult to achieve. We propose here an extension to a 3-level quantum system, having access to the population of the ground state only. By a suitable choice of the control field, we show that a continuous measurement of this population, alone, is enough to identify the field coupling parameters (dipole moment). Simulations with 20% of noise on the measured population illustrate the robustness of the proposed estimation algorithm and confirm the convergence analysis.

DOI
10.1109/cdc.2009.5400060

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