Femtosecond quantum control studies on vibrational quantum information processing

The role of phases and their interplay in molecular vibrational quantum computing with multiple qubits Chirp-driven vibrational distribution in transition metal carbonyl complexes Phys. Robustness of quantum gates operating on the high frequency modes of MnBr(CO) 5 Comment on " Anharmonic properties of the vibrational quantum computer " [J. Monotonic convergent optimal control theory with strict limitations on the spectrum of optimized laser fields Theoretical optimization and prediction in the experimental search space for vibrational quantum processes A modified Ant Colony Optimization algorithm as an alternative to genetic algorithms submitted. ACO ant colony optimization CEP carrier-envelope phase DFT density functional theory el electronic FIR finite impulse response FL Fourier-limited FROG frequency resolved optical gating FWHM full width at half maximum GA genetic algorithm HF Hartree-Fock IR infrared IVR intramolecular vibrational redistribution MOGA multi-objective genetic algorithm mol molecular MTOCT multi-target optimal control theory NMR nuclear magnetic resonance NSGA-II elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II nuc nuclear OCT optimal control theory OCE optimal control experiments QFT quantum Fourier transform qubit quantum bit SLM spatial light modulator SPIDER spectral phase interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction SPO split operator UV/VIS ultraviolet/visible xi Contents Introduction 1 1 Fundamentals of quantum dynamics, information and control 5 1. 3 Control of vibrational quantum processes with genetic algorithms 45 3. 6 Vibrational quantum gates under the influence of dissipation 101 6. 7 Molecular chains for vibrational quantum information processing 119 7.1 Approach for quantum information processing with vibrational qubits. .