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 information with Rydberg atoms

M Saffman, TG Walker, K Mølmer - Reviews of modern physics, 2010 - APS
Rydberg atoms with principal quantum number n⪢ 1 have exaggerated atomic properties
including dipole-dipole interactions that scale as n 4 and radiative lifetimes that scale as n 3 …

Atom-by-atom assembly of defect-free one-dimensional cold atom arrays

M Endres, H Bernien, A Keesling, H Levine… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The realization of large-scale fully controllable quantum systems is an exciting frontier in
modern physical science. We use atom-by-atom assembly to implement a platform for the …

An atom-by-atom assembler of defect-free arbitrary two-dimensional atomic arrays

D Barredo, S De Léséleuc, V Lienhard, T Lahaye… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Large arrays of individually controlled atoms trapped in optical tweezers are a very
promising platform for quantum engineering applications. However, deterministic loading of …

Quantum computing with atomic qubits and Rydberg interactions: progress and challenges

M Saffman - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a review of quantum computation with neutral atom qubits. After an overview of
architectural options and approaches to preparing large qubit arrays we examine Rydberg …

Probing the relaxation towards equilibrium in an isolated strongly correlated one-dimensional Bose gas

S Trotzky, YA Chen, A Flesch, IP McCulloch… - Nature physics, 2012 - nature.com
The problem of how complex quantum systems eventually come to rest lies at the heart of
statistical mechanics. The maximum-entropy principle describes which quantum states can …

A concise review of Rydberg atom based quantum computation and quantum simulation

X Wu, X Liang, Y Tian, F Yang, C Chen, YC Liu… - Chinese …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum information processing based on Rydberg atoms emerged as a promising
direction two decades ago. Recent experimental and theoretical progresses have shined …

Quantum-gas microscope for fermionic atoms

LW Cheuk, MA Nichols, M Okan, T Gersdorf… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We realize a quantum-gas microscope for fermionic K 40 atoms trapped in an optical lattice,
which allows one to probe strongly correlated fermions at the single-atom level. We combine …

Polyelemental nanoparticle libraries

PC Chen, X Liu, JL Hedrick, Z **e, S Wang, QY Lin… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Multimetallic nanoparticles are useful in many fields, yet there are no effective strategies for
synthesizing libraries of such structures, in which architectures can be explored in a …

Single-spin addressing in an atomic Mott insulator

C Weitenberg, M Endres, JF Sherson, M Cheneau… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Ultracold atoms in optical lattices provide a versatile tool with which to investigate
fundamental properties of quantum many-body systems. In particular, the high degree of …