The Top Manifold Connectedness of Quantum Control Landscapes
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| author | Fan, Yidian Wu, Re-Bing Ho, Tak-San Bhole, Gaurav V. Rabitz, Herschel |
| author_facet | Fan, Yidian Wu, Re-Bing Ho, Tak-San Bhole, Gaurav V. Rabitz, Herschel |
| contents | The control of quantum systems has been proven to possess trap-free optimization landscapes under the satisfaction of proper assumptions. However, many details of the landscape geometry and their influence on search efficiency still need to be fully understood. This paper numerically explores the path-connectedness of globally optimal control solutions forming the top manifold of the landscape. We randomly sample a plurality of optimal controls in the top manifold to assess the existence of a continuous path at the top of the landscape that connects two arbitrary optimal solutions. It is shown that for different quantum control objectives including state-to-state transition probabilities, observable expectation values and unitary transformations, such a continuous path can be readily found, implying that these top manifolds are fundamentally path-connected. The significance of the latter conjecture lies in seeking locations in the top manifold where an ancillary objective can also be optimized while maintaining the full optimality of the original objective that defined the landscape. |
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| spellingShingle | The Top Manifold Connectedness of Quantum Control Landscapes Fan, Yidian Wu, Re-Bing Ho, Tak-San Bhole, Gaurav V. Rabitz, Herschel Quantum Physics Systems and Control The control of quantum systems has been proven to possess trap-free optimization landscapes under the satisfaction of proper assumptions. However, many details of the landscape geometry and their influence on search efficiency still need to be fully understood. This paper numerically explores the path-connectedness of globally optimal control solutions forming the top manifold of the landscape. We randomly sample a plurality of optimal controls in the top manifold to assess the existence of a continuous path at the top of the landscape that connects two arbitrary optimal solutions. It is shown that for different quantum control objectives including state-to-state transition probabilities, observable expectation values and unitary transformations, such a continuous path can be readily found, implying that these top manifolds are fundamentally path-connected. The significance of the latter conjecture lies in seeking locations in the top manifold where an ancillary objective can also be optimized while maintaining the full optimality of the original objective that defined the landscape. |
| title | The Top Manifold Connectedness of Quantum Control Landscapes |
| topic | Quantum Physics Systems and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.15139 |