arXiv:quant-ph/0610191 · Physical Review A
Indirect control with a quantum accessor: Coherent control of multilevel system via a qubit chain
H. C. Fu, Hui Dong, Xingfang Liu, Che Sun
Abstract
The indirect controllability of an arbitrary finite-dimensional quantum system ($N$-dimensional qudit) through a quantum accessor is investigated. Here, the qudit is coupled to a quantum accessor, which is modeled as a fully controllable spin chain with nearest-neighbor (anisotropic) $XY$ coupling. The complete controllability of such an indirect control system is investigated in detail. The general approach is applied to the indirect controllability of two- and three-dimensional quantum systems. For two- and three-dimensional systems, a simpler indirect control scheme is also presented.