1 Flatness-based control of a single qubit gate

Paulo Sergio, Pereira Silva, Pierre Rouchon

Published Jan 1, 2007• 23 citations

Abstract

This work considers the open-loop control problem of steering a two level quantum system from an initial to a final condition. The model of this system evolves on the state space X = SU(2), having two inputs that correspond to the complex amplitude of a resonant laser field. A symmetry preserving flat output is constructed using a fully geometric construction and quaternion computations. Simulation results of this flatness-based open-loop control are provided.

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