IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications

Solving for Quantum Controls

Katherine A. Kime

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations

Abstract

We study the use of a time-dependent potential barrier to control quantum wave packets, in a discretization of the Schroedinger equation. We consider computational issues in solving for a control which steers an initial single peak wave packet to a terminal double peak wave packet.

DOI: 10.1115/detc2011-48029

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