Quantum science with optical tweezer arrays of ultracold atoms and molecules

AM Kaufman, KK Ni - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Single atoms and molecules can be trapped in tightly focused beams of light that form
'optical tweezers', affording exquisite capabilities for the control and detection of individual …

Quantum computation and quantum simulation with ultracold molecules

SL Cornish, MR Tarbutt, KRA Hazzard - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Ultracold molecules confined in optical lattices or tweezer traps can be used to process
quantum information and simulate the behaviour of many-body quantum systems. Molecules …

Dipolar spin-exchange and entanglement between molecules in an optical tweezer array

Y Bao, SS Yu, L Anderegg, E Chae, W Ketterle, KK Ni… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ultracold polar molecules are promising candidate qubits for quantum computing and
quantum simulations. Their long-lived molecular rotational states form robust qubits, and the …

On-demand entanglement of molecules in a reconfigurable optical tweezer array

CM Holland, Y Lu, LW Cheuk - Science, 2023 - science.org
Entanglement is crucial to many quantum applications, including quantum information
processing, quantum simulation, and quantum-enhanced sensing. Because of their rich …

Quantum control of trapped polyatomic molecules for eEDM searches

L Anderegg, NB Vilas, C Hallas, P Robichaud… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ultracold polyatomic molecules are promising candidates for experiments in quantum
science and precision searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. A key requirement …

Rotational coherence times of polar molecules in optical tweezers

S Burchesky, L Anderegg, Y Bao, SS Yu, E Chae… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Qubit coherence times are critical to the performance of any robust quantum computing
platform. For quantum information processing using arrays of polar molecules, a key …

Laser-cooled molecules

NJ Fitch, MR Tarbutt - Advances in atomic, molecular, and optical Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
The last few years have seen rapid progress in the application of laser cooling to molecules.
In this review, we examine what kinds of molecules can be laser cooled, how to design a …

An optical tweezer array of ground-state polar molecules

JT Zhang, LRB Picard, WB Cairncross… - Quantum Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Fully internal and motional state controlled and individually manipulable polar molecules
are desirable for many quantum science applications leveraging the rich state space and …

Quantum computation in a hybrid array of molecules and Rydberg atoms

C Zhang, MR Tarbutt - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
We show that an array of polar molecules interacting with Rydberg atoms is a promising
hybrid system for scalable quantum computation. Quantum information is stored in long …

Direct laser cooling of polyatomic molecules

BL Augenbraun, L Anderegg, C Hallas… - Advances in Atomic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, tremendous progress has been made to extend the tools of laser
cooling and trap** to molecules. Those same tools have recently been applied to …