Open-System Control of Dynamical Transitions (A06)

• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas ; Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Soft and Fluid Matter, Biological Physics
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 277625399

OSCAR Project A6 will theoretically investigate how dissipation and noise from natural or engineered environments can either drive a system through a desired dynamical transition, in order to initiate a desired process, or alternatively inhibit an undesired transition in order to keep the process going. The main target process will be steady downconversion in “Hamiltonian daemon” models for microscopic quantum engines. The project will collaborate closely with other OSCAR projects on control of quantum processes, including B1, B2 and C4, as well as with other projects involving related themes.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 185: OSCAR - Open System Control of Atomic and Photonic Matter
• Applicant Institution: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Project Head: Professor Dr. James Anglin