Theory-Blind Quantum Control
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
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Call for proposals
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Main participants
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci / Přírodovědecká fakulta
Contest type
M2 - International cooperation
Contract ID
MSMT-9964/2018-2/3
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Theory-Blind Quantum Control
Annotation in Czech
The central goal of this project is to develop and implement control techniques that do not require theoretical modelling, simulation or any knowledge of a systems’ microscopic decomposition. Instead, all necessary information will be obtained directly from the experiment. We will identify control targets that characterise desired properties of quantum systems well, and that can be estimated accurately and efficiently in an experiment. Based on the assessment of these targets and their dependence on tunable control parameters, we will develop control algorithms such that an optimal control protocol is found within a minimal number of experimental measurements. These methods will be developed in direct interplay between simulations of experiments with many-body systems and actual experimental implementations. In simulations we will target the creation and stabilisation of many-body localised states and time-crystalline structures, that will give evidence that the novel control techniques can cope with state-of-the-art quantum many-body problems. Experimentally we will consider the preparation of highly non-classical states of a levitated nano-sphere and the formation of large crystals of Rydberg atoms. With an experiment on an extremely massive quantum object and an experiment with many, strongly interacting quantum systems, we will be able to experimentally achieve goals that are clearly out of reach with existing control techniques.
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
OECD FORD - main branch
10306 - Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)
OECD FORD - secondary branch
10301 - Atomic, molecular and chemical physics (physics of atoms and molecules including collision, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, Mössbauer effect)
OECD FORD - another secondary branch
10306 - Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)
CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
BE - Theoretical physics<br>BH - Optics, masers and lasers
Completed project evaluation
Provider evaluation
V - Vynikající výsledky projektu (s mezinárodním významem atd.)
Project results evaluation
UP team in the TheBlinQC project achieved all planned goals in quantum optomechanics with levitating particles documented by many publications in high-impacted journals, conference presentations, new collaborations and project proposals.
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jan 2, 2018
Realization period - end
Dec 31, 2021
Project status
U - Finished project
Latest support payment
Feb 26, 2020
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP22-MSM-8C-U
Data delivery date
Jun 29, 2022
Finance
Total approved costs
3,737 thou. CZK
Public financial support
3,737 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK