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Reachability in Controlled Markovian Quantum Systems

vom Ende, Frederik

Published Jan 1, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

We study reachable sets of coherently controllable open quantum systems with switchable coupling of two models: we show that finite-dimensional systems coupled to a temperature-zero bath allow for approximately generating every quantum state from every initial state. Also studying d-majorization yields an upper bound for non-zero temperature. Then we consider infinite-dimensional open systems following a unital evolution. For arbitrary drift, bounded control Hamiltonians, and noise generated by a compact normal operator, one can approximately reach any state majorized by the initial one.

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