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Killian Lutz

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arXiv2026

Implementation of a shooting technique for quantum optimal control on spin qudits

High-fidelity quantum control is a cornerstone of scalable quantum technologies. We introduce a shooting-based optimization framework that generates smooth, experimentally realistic control pulses for implementing quantum gates in discrete quantum systems. Through numerical simulations on realistic architectures inspired by single-molecule magnets, we demonstrate that our method efficiently decomposes target quantum operations into electric pulse sequences while outperforming the widely used GRAPE algorithm.

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arXiv2025

Quantum Optimal Control Using MAGICARP: Combining Pontryagin's Maximum Principle and Gradient Ascent

We introduce the MAGICARP algorithm, a numerical optimization method for quantum optimal control problems that combines the structure provided by Pontryagin's Maximum Principle (PMP) and the robustness of gradient ascent techniques, such as GRAPE. MAGICARP is formulated as a "shooting technique", aiming to determine the appropriate initial adjoint momentum to realize a target quantum gate. This method naturally incorporates time and energy optimal constraints through a PMP-informed pulse structure. We demonstrate MAGICARP's effectiveness through illustrative numerical examples, comparing its performance to GRAPE and highlighting its advantages in specific scenarios.

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