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Multiple Schrödinger pictures and dynamics in shortcuts to adiabaticity
S Ibáñez1, Xi Chen, E Torrontegui
1Departamento de Química-Física, UPV-EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain.
Abstract:
A Schrödinger equation may be unitarily transformed into dynamical equations in different interaction pictures which describe a common physical process, i.e., the same underlying interactions and dynamics. In contrast to this standard scenario, other relations are also possible, such as a common interaction-picture dynamical equation corresponding to several Schrödinger equations that represent different physical processes. This may enable us to design alternative and feasible experimental routes for operations that are a priori difficult or impossible to perform. The power of this concept is exemplified by engineering Hamiltonians that improve the performance or make realizable several shortcuts to adiabaticity.
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