Quantum Optimal Control and Level Sets

Abstract

We investigate how the concepts of optimal control of measurables of a system with a time dependent Hamiltonian may be mixed with the level set technique to keep the desired entity invariant. We derive sets of equations for this purpose and also algorithms for numerical use. The notion of constancy of measurables in this context is also examined to make the techniques more useful in real-life situation where some variability of the measurable may be tolerable.