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Publications and source records attributed to I. C. H. Pullen.
An overview and synthesis of results and criteria for open-loop controllability of Hamiltonian quantum systems obtained using Lie group and Lie algebra techniques is presented. Negative results for open-loop controllability of dissipative systems are discussed, and the superiority of closed-loop (feedback) control for quantum systems is established.
The problem of identifying the dynamical Lie algebras of finite-level quantum systems subject to external control is considered, with special emphasis on systems that are not completely controllable. In particular, it is shown that the dynamical Lie algebra for an N-level system with equally spaced energy levels and uniform transition dipole moments, is a subalgebra for $so(N)$ if $N=2\ell+1$, and a subalgebra of $sp(\ell)$ if $N=2\ell$. General conditions for obtaining either $so(2\ell+1)$ or $sp(\ell)$ are established.