RT Journal Article T1 Shortcuts to adiabaticity: Fast-forward approach A1 Torrontegui Muñoz, Erik A1 Martínez-Garaot, Sofía A1 Ruschhaupt, Andreas A1 Muga, Juan Gonzalo AB The "fast-forward"approach by Masuda and Nakamura generates driving potentials to accelerate slow quantum adiabatic dynamics. First we present a streamlined version of the formalism that produces the main results in a few steps. Then we show the connection between this approach and inverse engineering based on Lewis-Riesenfeld invariants. We identify in this manner applications in which the engineered potential does not depend on the initial state. Finally we discuss more general applications exemplified by wave splitting processes. PB American Physical Society SN 1050-2947 YR 2012 FD 2012-07 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/32152 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/32152 LA eng NO We are grateful to S. Masuda and K. Nakamura for discussing their method; also to G. Labeyrie for comments on experimental techniques. We acknowledge funding by Projects No. GIU07/40 and No. FIS2009-12773-C02-01, and the UPV/EHU under program UFI 11/55. E.T. acknowledges financial support from the Basque Government (Grant No.BFI08.151). DS e-Archivo RD 1 sept. 2024