Quantum optimal control, a toolbox for devising and implementing the shapes of external
fields that accomplish given tasks in the operation of a quantum device in the best way …

Shortcuts to adiabaticity (STA) are fast routes to the final results of slow, adiabatic changes
of the controlling parameters of a system. The shortcuts are designed by a set of analytical …

Quantum technologies are currently the object of high expectations from governments and
private companies, as they hold the promise to shape safer and faster ways to extract …

In the last years, a number of theoretical and numerical tools have been developed by a
thriving community formed by people coming from different backgrounds—condensed …

We consider a finite-time quantum Otto cycle with single-and two spin-1/2 systems as its
working medium. To mimic adiabatic dynamics at a finite time, we employ a shortcut-to …

We develop a deep learning (DL) framework assisted by differentiable programming for
discovery of optimal quantum control protocols under hard constraints. To that end, we use …

We present a procedure to accelerate the relaxation of an open quantum system towards its
equilibrium state. The control protocol, termed the shortcut to equilibration, is obtained by …

We consider a paradigmatic quantum harmonic Otto engine operating in finite time. We
investigate its performance when shortcut-to-adiabaticity techniques are used to speed up …

The Carnot cycle combines reversible isothermal and adiabatic strokes to obtain optimal
efficiency, at the expense of a vanishing power output. Quantum Carnot-analog cycles are …

Shortcuts to Adiabaticity (STA) constitute driving schemes that provide an alternative to
adiabatic protocols to control and guide the dynamics of classical and quantum systems …