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Robustness Issues in Quantum Control

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Robust quantum control theory is concerned with the design of controllers for quantum systems taking into account uncertainty in the model of the system. The robust open-loop control of quantum systems is discussed in this article. Also discussed is the robust stability analysis problem for quantum systems and two forms of quantum small gain theorem are presented. In addition, the article discusses the design of robust quantum feedback control systems.

This work was supported by the Australian Research Council under grants FL11010002 and DP180101805.

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Petersen, I.R. (2020). Robustness Issues in Quantum Control. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_132-2

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    Robustness Issues in Quantum Control
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    30 November 2019

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_132-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_132-1