On the global approximate controllability in small time of semiclassical 1-D Schrödinger equations between two states with positive quantum densities

Abstract

In this paper, we study, in the semiclassical sense, the global approximate controllability in small time of the quantum density and quantum momentum of the 1-D semiclassical cubic Schrödinger equation with two controls between two states with positive quantum densities. We first control the asymptotic expansions of the zeroth and first order of the physical observables via the Agrachev–Sarychev method. Then we conclude the proof through techniques of semiclassical approximation of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation.