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arXiv:0908.1048 · Physical Review A

Driving quantum systems into decoherence-free subspaces by Lyapunov control

X. X. Yi, X. L. Huang, Chunfeng Wu, C. H. Oh

Published Nov 12, 2009• 90 citations
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Abstract

We present a scheme to drive a finite-dimensional quantum system into the decoherence-free subspaces (DFS) by Lyapunov control. Control fields are established by Lyapunov function. This proposal works well for both closed and open quantum systems, with replacing the DFS by desired subspaces for closed systems. An example which consists of a four-level system with three degenerate states driven by three lasers is presented to gain further insight on the scheme. Numerical simulations for the dynamics of the system are performed and the results are good.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.80.052316

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A convergent state control strategy of open quantum system based on Lyapunov method is proposed for the target state being a pure state in decoherence-free subspaces. Based on the assumptions of all the transition frequencies being different and all the levels being directly coupled,a sufficient condition is proposed for the observation operator to make that the largest invariant set only contains target state.On the basis of choosing the average of observable operators as a Lyapunov function,the control laws are designed in interaction picture and the largest invariant set of the controlled system is analyzed via Barbalat's Lemma. It is shown that any pure target state in decoherence-free subspace is globally asymptotic stable under the sufficient condition given,and the system controlled could be transferred to target state from arbitrary initial state.Also,a method is provided to construct the observation operator via Schmidt orthogonalization.Numerical experiments on a three-level system verify the validity of the proposed control strategy.
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