Shortcuts to adiabaticity in harmonic traps: a quantum-classical analog

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Hauptverfasser: Hardel, Vincent, Manfredi, Giovanni, Hervieux, Paul-Antoine, Goerlich, Rémi
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author Hardel, Vincent
Manfredi, Giovanni
Hervieux, Paul-Antoine
Goerlich, Rémi
author_facet Hardel, Vincent
Manfredi, Giovanni
Hervieux, Paul-Antoine
Goerlich, Rémi
contents We present a new technique for efficiently transitioning a quantum system from an initial to a final stationary state in less time than is required by an adiabatic (quasi-static) process. Our approach makes use of Nelson's stochastic quantization, which represents the quantum system as a classical Brownian process. Thanks to this mathematical analogy, known protocols for classical overdamped systems can be translated into quantum protocols. In particular, one can use classical methods to find optimal quantum protocols that minimize both the time duration and some other cost function to be freely specified. We have applied this method to the time-dependent harmonic oscillator and tested it on two different cost functions: (i) the cumulative energy of the system over time and (ii) the dynamical phase of the wavefunction. In the latter case, it is possible to construct protocols that are "adiabatically optimal", i.e., they minimize their distance from an adiabatic process for a given duration.
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spellingShingle Shortcuts to adiabaticity in harmonic traps: a quantum-classical analog
Hardel, Vincent
Manfredi, Giovanni
Hervieux, Paul-Antoine
Goerlich, Rémi
Quantum Physics
We present a new technique for efficiently transitioning a quantum system from an initial to a final stationary state in less time than is required by an adiabatic (quasi-static) process. Our approach makes use of Nelson's stochastic quantization, which represents the quantum system as a classical Brownian process. Thanks to this mathematical analogy, known protocols for classical overdamped systems can be translated into quantum protocols. In particular, one can use classical methods to find optimal quantum protocols that minimize both the time duration and some other cost function to be freely specified. We have applied this method to the time-dependent harmonic oscillator and tested it on two different cost functions: (i) the cumulative energy of the system over time and (ii) the dynamical phase of the wavefunction. In the latter case, it is possible to construct protocols that are "adiabatically optimal", i.e., they minimize their distance from an adiabatic process for a given duration.
title Shortcuts to adiabaticity in harmonic traps: a quantum-classical analog
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.01946