title: Optimal control of open quantum systems applied to the photochemistry of surfaces.
abstract: A quantum system in a condensed phase undergoes strong dissipative processes. The last decades have seen the rise of experimental and theoretical approaches for gaining control over dissipative phenomena. From a theoretical viewpoint it is important to model such processes in a rigorous way. An efficient and accurate method to find control fields is optimal control theory (OCT). In this Letter, a control scheme relying on OCT with time-dependent targets is employed to minimize dissipation, modeled within the surrogate Hamiltonian approach, on adsorbate-surface systems.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Reine und Angewandte Chemie, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Postfach 2503, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany. erik.asplund@uni-oldenburg.de
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Asplund
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klüner