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Fifteen Years of Quantum Control: from Concept to Experiment

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In this paper I briefly survey some of the seminal contributions of Mohammed Dahleh in the application of optimal cotrol theory to quantum molecular systems, and attempt to give an overview of recent theoretical and experimental developments that build on this control paradigm.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, The University of British Columbia, 121-1984 Mathematics Road, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z2, Canada

    Anthony Peirce

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  1. Dip. di Ingegneria dell’Automazione e dei Sistemi (DIAS), Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy

    Laura Giarré

  2. Dept. of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), 93106, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Bassam Bamieh

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Peirce, A. (2003). Fifteen Years of Quantum Control: from Concept to Experiment. In: Giarré, L., Bamieh, B. (eds) Multidisciplinary Research in Control. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 289. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36589-3_5

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