Introduction to the Pontryagin Maximum Principle for Quantum Optimal Control

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Optimal Control Theory is a powerful mathematical tool, which has known a rapid development since the 1950s, mainly for engineering applications.

• More recently, it has become a widely used method to improve process performance in quantum technologies by means of highly efficient control of quantum dynamics.
• This tutorial aims at providing an introduction to key concepts of optimal control theory which is accessible to physicists and engineers working in quantum control or in related fields.
• The different mathematical results are introduced intuitively, before being rigorously stated.