Optimal Quantum Feshbach Engines

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21562v1
• Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 16:27:34 GMT
• Title: Optimal Quantum Feshbach Engines
• Abstract summary: We develop an optimization framework for high-efficiency quantum cycles implemented with a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate.<n>We provide a systematic route to optimal control for generic nonlinear Schrdinger equations, paving the way to optimal control strategies in fields as diverse as nonlinear optics, quantum fluids, and quantum plasmas.
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• Abstract: We develop an optimization framework for high-efficiency quantum cycles implemented with a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate, whose control parameters are the trap stiffness and the interaction strength tuned via a Feshbach resonance. Optimal driving protocols for each stroke of the cycle are obtained from a variational description of the condensate dynamics combined with Nelson's stochastic quantization, which maps the quantum evolution onto an effective Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. The optimal protocol is obtained by minimizing a user-defined cost functional that selects the best trade-off between protocol duration and arbitrary physical constraints (such as the expended work or the proximity to an adiabatic evolution), and exhibits remarkable stability over repeated cycles. The method also provides a systematic route to optimal control for generic nonlinear Schrödinger equations, paving the way to optimal control strategies in fields as diverse as nonlinear optics, quantum fluids, and quantum plasmas.

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