Scaleable Quantum Control via Physics Constrained Reinforcement Learning
Keywords: reinforcement learning, quantum computing, quantum control, quantum dynamics, control theory
Abstract: Quantum optimal control is concerned with the realisation of desired dynamics in quantum systems, serving as a linchpin for advancing quantum technologies and fundamental research.
Analytic approaches and standard optimisation algorithms do not yield satisfactory solutions for large quantum systems, and especially not for real world quantum systems which are open and noisy.
We devise a physics-informed Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithm that restricts the space of possible solutions.
We incorporate priors about the desired time scales of the quantum state dynamics -- as well as realistic control signal limitations -- as constraints to the RL algorithm.
These physics-informed constraints additionally improve computational scalability by facilitating parallel optimisation.
We evaluate our method on three broadly relevant quantum systems (multi-level $\Lambda$ system, Rydberg atom and superconducting transmon) and incorporate real-world complications, arising from dissipation and control signal perturbations.
We achieve both higher fidelities -- which exceed 0.999 across all systems -- and better robustness to time-dependent perturbations and experimental imperfections than previous methods.
Lastly, we demonstrate that incorporating multi-step feedback can yield solutions robust even to strong perturbations.
Primary Area: applications to physical sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.)
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