A Dynamical Lie-Algebraic Framework for Hamiltonian Engineering and Quantum Control

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Hauptverfasser: Liang, Yanying, Xu, Ruibin, Li, Mao-Sheng, Situ, Haozhen, Zheng, Zhu-Jun
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author Liang, Yanying
Xu, Ruibin
Li, Mao-Sheng
Situ, Haozhen
Zheng, Zhu-Jun
author_facet Liang, Yanying
Xu, Ruibin
Li, Mao-Sheng
Situ, Haozhen
Zheng, Zhu-Jun
contents Determining the physically accessible unitary dynamics of a quantum system under finite Hamiltonian resources is a central problem in quantum control and Hamiltonian engineering. Dynamical Lie algebras (DLAs) provide the fundamental link between available control Hamiltonians and the resulting quantum dynamics. While the structural classification of DLAs is well-established, how to systematically engineer and reshape these algebraic structures under realistic physical constraints remains largely unexplored. In this work, building upon recent results on direct sums of identical DLAs, we develop a unified framework for engineering Hamiltonian-driven quantum dynamics based on DLAs: (i) constructing qubit-efficient direct-sum Hamiltonian structures via spectral decomposition of Hermitian operators, enabling parallel simulation of multiple quantum subsystems; (ii) identifying Hamiltonian modifications that preserve full controllability, including the $\mathfrak{su}(2^N)$ algebra, even when additional physically motivated control terms are introduced; and (iii) engineering restricted Hamiltonian sets that confine quantum dynamics to target subalgebras through irreducible Lie-algebra decompositions, providing a principled approach to symmetry-based dynamical reduction. By bridging these Lie-algebraic insights with practical control objectives, our framework provides a systematic pathway for engineering expressive and resource-efficient unitary evolutions, thus unlocking greater structural flexibility of Hamiltonian-driven quantum systems.
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Liang, Yanying
Xu, Ruibin
Li, Mao-Sheng
Situ, Haozhen
Zheng, Zhu-Jun
Quantum Physics
Determining the physically accessible unitary dynamics of a quantum system under finite Hamiltonian resources is a central problem in quantum control and Hamiltonian engineering. Dynamical Lie algebras (DLAs) provide the fundamental link between available control Hamiltonians and the resulting quantum dynamics. While the structural classification of DLAs is well-established, how to systematically engineer and reshape these algebraic structures under realistic physical constraints remains largely unexplored. In this work, building upon recent results on direct sums of identical DLAs, we develop a unified framework for engineering Hamiltonian-driven quantum dynamics based on DLAs: (i) constructing qubit-efficient direct-sum Hamiltonian structures via spectral decomposition of Hermitian operators, enabling parallel simulation of multiple quantum subsystems; (ii) identifying Hamiltonian modifications that preserve full controllability, including the $\mathfrak{su}(2^N)$ algebra, even when additional physically motivated control terms are introduced; and (iii) engineering restricted Hamiltonian sets that confine quantum dynamics to target subalgebras through irreducible Lie-algebra decompositions, providing a principled approach to symmetry-based dynamical reduction. By bridging these Lie-algebraic insights with practical control objectives, our framework provides a systematic pathway for engineering expressive and resource-efficient unitary evolutions, thus unlocking greater structural flexibility of Hamiltonian-driven quantum systems.
title A Dynamical Lie-Algebraic Framework for Hamiltonian Engineering and Quantum Control
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04916