Optimal quantum control of Bose-Einstein condensates in magnetic microtraps
Ulrich Hohenester, Per Kristian Rekdal, Alfio Borzı̀ +1 more
Transport of Bose-Einstein condensates in magnetic microtraps, controllable by external parameters such as wire currents or radio-frequency fields, is studied within the framework of optimal control theory (OCT). We derive from the Gross-Pitaevskii equation the optimality system for the OCT fields that allow efficient channeling of the condensate between given initial and desired states. For a variety of magnetic confinement potentials we study transport and wave-function splitting of the condensate, and demonstrate that OCT drastically outperforms simpler schemes for the time variation of the microtrap control parameters.
arXiv:quant-ph/0701094•Physical Review A•Feb 1, 2007•128 citations