Abstract

Control of the quantum state of a system is of intense current interest. Although much attention has been directed toward the control of electronic or nuclear translational wave functions, there is significant motivation to explore the control of a spin system. First, a spin system has only a finite number of states. Second, a spin system may be manipulated by radio-frequency magnetic fields, and this makes experiments with complex perturbing pulse shapes more feasible.

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