SEMICLASSICAL FORMULATION OF OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY

ALEXEY KONDORSKIY, HIROKI NAKAMURA
2005 Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry  
In the present paper semiclassical formulation of optimal control theory is made by combining the conjugate gradient search method with new approximate semiclassical expressions for correlation function. Two expressions for correlation function are derived. The simpler one requires calculations of coordinates and momenta of classical trajectories only. The second one requires extra calculation of common semiclassical quantities; as a result additional quantum effects can be taken into account.
more » ... he efficiency of the method is demonstrated by controlling nuclear wave packet motion in a two-dimensional model system.
doi:10.1142/s0219633605001416 fatcat:wzuq4qj7hve2jeb7lgc54pcj3i