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Pablo Poggi

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arXiv2019

Information backflow as a resource for entanglement

The issue of whether non-Markovianity (NM) could be considered as a resource in quantum information has been a subject of intense debate for the last years. Recently, a simple mechanism was proposed in which one of the main features of NM, the backflow of information from the environment to the system, represents a fundamental and quantifiable resource for generating entanglement within an open quantum system coupled to a finite and small environment [N. Mirkin, P. Poggi and D. Wisniacki, Phys. Rev. A, 99(2), 020301(R)]. In this work, we extend the universality of this resource mechanism by studying a completely different and more general scheme where the system is coupled to an infinite structured reservoir. Under both setups, we show that the degree of NM univocally determines the optimal degree of entanglement reachable by controlling the open system. This result reveals the universality of a quantitative relation between entanglement and NM by using quantum optimal control.

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arXiv2018

Entangling protocols due to non-Markovian dynamics

It is widely spread in the literature that non-Markovianity (NM) may be regarded as a resource in quantum mechanics. However, it is still unclear how and when this alleged resource may be exploited. Here, we study the relationship between NM and quantum optimal control under the objective of generating entanglement within M non-interacting subsystems, each one coupled to the same non-Markovian environment. Thus, we design a variety of entangling protocols that are only achievable due to the existence of the environment. We show that NM plays a crucial role in all the entangling protocols considered, revealing that the degree of NM completely determines the success of the entangling operation performed by the control. This is a demonstration of the virtues of NM and the way that it can be exploited in a general entangling setup.

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arXiv2018

Quantum Optimal Control: Landscape Structure and Topology

The core problem in optimal control theory applied to quantum systems is to determine the temporal shape of an applied field in order to maximize the expectation of value of some physical observable. The functional which maps the control field into a given value of the observable defines a Quantum Control Landscape (QCL). Studying the topological and structural features of these landscapes is of critical importance for understanding the process of finding the optimal fields required to effectively control the system, specially when external constraints are placed on both the field $ε(t)$ and the available control duration $T$. In this work we analyze the rich structure of the $QCL$ of the paradigmatic Landau-Zener two-level model, studying several features of the optimized solutions, such as their abundance, spatial distribution and fidelities. We also inspect the optimization trajectories in parameter space. We are able rationalize several geometrical and topological aspects of the QCL of this simple model and the effects produced by the constraints. Our study opens the door for a deeper understanding of the QCL of general quantum systems.

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