Monotonic time-discretized schemes in quantum control (Q2491150)

The authors consider the optimal control problem in quantum control of the form \[ J(\varepsilon)= \langle\psi(T)|O|\psi(T)\rangle- \alpha \int^T_0 \varepsilon^2(t)\,dt\to\max, \] \[ i{\partial\over\partial t} w(x,t)= H(x)\psi(x,t)- \mu(x) \varepsilon(t)\psi(x,t),\quad \psi(x,t= 0)= \psi_0(x). \] For this problem the authors present a stable time and space discretisation which preserves the monotonic properties of the monotonic algorithms of the continuous version. Numerical results are presented.