Issue 40, 2020

Harnessing deep neural networks to solve inverse problems in quantum dynamics: machine-learned predictions of time-dependent optimal control fields

Abstract

Inverse problems continue to garner immense interest in the physical sciences, particularly in the context of controlling desired phenomena in non-equilibrium systems. In this work, we utilize a series of deep neural networks for predicting time-dependent optimal control fields, E(t), that enable desired electronic transitions in reduced-dimensional quantum dynamical systems. To solve this inverse problem, we investigated two independent machine learning approaches: (1) a feedforward neural network for predicting the frequency and amplitude content of the power spectrum in the frequency domain (i.e., the Fourier transform of E(t)), and (2) a cross-correlation neural network approach for directly predicting E(t) in the time domain. Both of these machine learning methods give complementary approaches for probing the underlying quantum dynamics and also exhibit impressive performance in accurately predicting both the frequency and strength of the optimal control field. We provide detailed architectures and hyperparameters for these deep neural networks as well as performance metrics for each of our machine-learned models. From these results, we show that machine learning, particularly deep neural networks, can be employed as cost-effective statistical approaches for designing electromagnetic fields to enable desired transitions in these quantum dynamical systems.

Graphical abstract: Harnessing deep neural networks to solve inverse problems in quantum dynamics: machine-learned predictions of time-dependent optimal control fields

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Maw 2020
Accepted
04 Ndz 2020
First published
08 Ndz 2020

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 22889-22899

Author version available

Harnessing deep neural networks to solve inverse problems in quantum dynamics: machine-learned predictions of time-dependent optimal control fields

X. Wang, A. Kumar, C. R. Shelton and B. M. Wong, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 22889 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP03694C

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