This analysis is concerned with the controllability of quantum systems in the
case where the standard dipolar approximation, involving the permanent dipole
moment of the system, is corrected with a polarizability term, involving the
field induced dipole moment. Sufficient conditions for approximate
controllability are given. For transfers between eigenstates of the free
Hamiltonian, the control laws are explicitly given. The results apply also for
unbounded or non-regular potentials