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Minimal time for the bilinear control of Schrödinger equations
International audienceWe consider a quantum particle in a potential V (x) (x in R^N) subject to a (spatially homogeneous) time-dependent electric field E(t), which plays the role of the control. Under generic assumptions on V , this system is approximately controllable on the L2(R^N;C)-sphere, in su ffiently large times T, as proved by Boscain, Caponigro, Chambrion and Sigalotti. In the present article, we show that this approximate controllability result is false in small time. As a consequence, the result by Boscain et al. is, in some sense, optimal with respect to the control time T
An obstruction to small time local null controllability for a viscous Burgers' equation
In this work, we are interested in the small time local null controllability
for the viscous Burgers' equation on the line
segment , with null boundary conditions. The second-hand side is a
scalar control playing a role similar to that of a pressure. In this setting,
the classical Lie bracket necessary condition introduced by
Sussmann fails to conclude. However, using a quadratic expansion of our system,
we exhibit a second order obstruction to small time local null controllability.
This obstruction holds although the information propagation speed is infinite
for the Burgers equation. Our obstruction involves the weak norm of
the control . The proof requires the careful derivation of an integral
kernel operator and the estimation of residues by means of weakly singular
integral operator estimates
Regular propagators of bilinear quantum systems
The present analysis deals with the regularity of solutions of bilinear
control systems of the type where the state belongs to some
complex infinite dimensional Hilbert space, the (possibly unbounded) linear
operators and are skew-adjoint and the control is a real valued
function. Such systems arise, for instance, in quantum control with the
bilinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation. For the sake of the regularity analysis, we
consider a more general framework where and are generators of
contraction semi-groups.Under some hypotheses on the commutator of the
operators and , it is possible to extend the definition of solution for
controls in the set of Radon measures to obtain precise a priori energy
estimates on the solutions, leading to a natural extension of the celebrated
noncontrollability result of Ball, Marsden, and Slemrod in 1982. Complementary
material to this analysis can be found in [hal-01537743v1
Quantum optimal control in quantum technologies. Strategic report on current status, visions and goals for research in Europe
Quantum optimal control, a toolbox for devising and implementing the shapes of external fields that accomplish given tasks in the operation of a quantum device in the best way possible, has evolved into one of the cornerstones for enabling quantum technologies. The last few years have seen a rapid evolution and expansion of the field. We review here recent progress in our understanding of the controllability of open quantum systems and in the development and application of quantum control techniques to quantum technologies. We also address key challenges and sketch a roadmap for future developments