Christiane Koch - Quantum control: Steering the Quantum Revolution

The success of the quantum revolution critically hinges on the capability 
to precisely control quantum systems. To transform quantum non-locality 
and coherence from theoretical curiosities into technological assets 
requires overcoming the hurdles of environmental decoherence and hardware 
scalability. Quantum control theory provides the essential toolkits for 
this mission --- controllability analysis, defining the boundaries of what 
is possible, and optimized pulse design, deriving high-fidelity protocols 
to realize those goals. After a short introduction to the basic 
principles, I will present our recent results demonstrating how control 
theory enables the optimization of experimental quantum platforms and the 
discovery of novel phenomena in many-body systems.