Numerical Engineering of Robust Adiabatic Operations
- 27 April 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Applied
- Vol. 15 (4), 044043
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.15.044043
Abstract
Adiabatic operations are powerful tools for robust quantum control in numerous fields of physics, chemistry, and quantum information science. The inherent robustness due to adiabaticity can, however, be impaired in applications requiring short evolution times. We present a single versatile gradient-based optimization protocol that combines adiabatic control with effective Hamiltonian engineering in order to design adiabatic operations tailored to the specific imperfections and resources of an experimental setup. The practicality of the protocol is demonstrated by engineering a fast, 2.3 Rabi cycle-long adiabatic inversion pulse for magnetic resonance with built-in robustness to Rabi field inhomogeneities and resonance offsets. The performance and robustness of the pulse is validated in a nanoscale force-detected magnetic resonance experiment on a solid-state sample, indicating an ensemble-averaged inversion accuracy of 99.997%. We further showcase the utility of our protocol by providing examples of adiabatic pulses robust to spin-spin interactions, parameter-selective operations, and operations connecting arbitrary states, each motivated by experiments.Funding Information
- U.S. Army Research Office (W911NF1610199)
- Canada First Research Excellence Fund
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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