Static and dynamic coherent robust control for a class of uncertain quantum systems (Q2189157)

Consider a class of open uncertain nominal quantum systems defined in terms of physical quantities $(S,L,H)$. $S$ denotes a scattering matrix which is a matrix of operators on the underlying Hilbert space, a coupling operator $L$ is a vector of operators on the underlying Hilbert space, and a system Hamiltonian $H$ which is a self-adjoint operator on the underlying Hilbert space. The system Hamiltonian $H$ is decomposed as $H=H_1+H_2$, where $H_1$ is a self-adjoint operator on the underlying Hilbert space referred to as the nominal Hamiltonian considered for a known linear system using parameters $(S, L,H)$. $H_2$ is a self-adjoint operator on the underlying Hilbert space referred to as the unknown perturbation Hamiltonian contained in a specific set of Hamiltonians $W$ [\textit{I. R. Petersen} et al., Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A, Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 370, No. 1979, Article ID 5354--5363 p. (2012; Zbl 1353.81073)]. The goal is to propose two different methods for the design of directly guaranteed cost coherent quantum controller using direct coupling based on parameters $S, L, H$ and also compare their performance. It means to design the controllers not only robustly stabilizing uncertain quantum system, but also guaranteeing a specific level of performance for any specific value of the uncertainty. One is to build a static guaranteed cost controller for uncertain quantum systems by adding controller Hamiltonian with plant variables. That is, the static controller uses the same mode as the nominal system. The other is to build a dynamic quantum controller which is directly coupled to the given system. Different from the static one, the dynamic controller design method introduces another quantum system as desired controller. Thus, the controller variables are different from plant variables. The guaranteed cost coherent controller design is presented in terms of LMI and nonlinear equality conditions. A nonlinear change of variables is used to convert the problem into a rank constrained LMI problem which is solved using an alternating projections algorithm. A numerical example is supplied to illustrate both coherent controller design methods. It includes also a performance comparison between static coherent controller design and dynamic coherent controller design resulting in an improved control performance of a dynamic controller over a static one.