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 …

Optimal and variational multiparameter quantum metrology and vector-field sensing

R Kaubruegger, A Shankar, DV Vasilyev, P Zoller - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
We study multiparameter sensing of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D)
vector fields within the Bayesian framework for SU (2) quantum interferometry. We establish …

Narrow-line cooling and imaging of ytterbium atoms in an optical tweezer array

S Saskin, JT Wilson, B Grinkemeyer, JD Thompson - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Engineering controllable, strongly interacting many-body quantum systems is at the frontier
of quantum simulation and quantum information processing. Arrays of laser-cooled neutral …

Analyzing the Rydberg-based optical-metastable-ground architecture for nuclear spins

N Chen, L Li, W Huie, M Zhao, I Vetter, CH Greene… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Neutral alkaline earth (like) atoms have recently been employed in atomic arrays with
individual readout, control, and high-fidelity Rydberg-mediated entanglement. This …

Spectroscopy and Modeling of Rydberg States for High-Fidelity Two-Qubit Gates

M Peper, Y Li, DY Knapp, M Bileska, S Ma, G Liu… - Physical Review X, 2025 - APS
Highly excited Rydberg states and their interactions play an important role in quantum
computing and simulation. These properties can be predicted accurately for alkali atoms …

Engineering Rydberg-pair interactions in divalent atoms with hyperfine-split ionization thresholds

F Hummel, S Weber, J Mögerle, H Menke, J King… - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Quantum information processing with neutral atoms relies on Rydberg excitation for
entanglement generation. While the use of heavy divalent or open-shell elements, such as …

Trilobites, butterflies, and other exotic specimens of long-range Rydberg molecules

MT Eiles - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This PhD tutorial discusses ultra-long-range Rydberg molecules, the exotic bound states of
a Rydberg atom and one or more ground state atoms immersed in the Rydberg electron's …

Double, triple, and quadruple magic wavelengths for cesium ground, excited, and Rydberg states

A Bhowmik, M Gaudesius, G Biedermann, D Blume - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Dynamic polarizabilities of cesium Rydberg states, explicitly n S 1/2, n P 1/2, n P 3/2, n D 3/2,
and n D 5/2, where the principal quantum number n is 40–70, are presented for linearly …

Spectroscopy of triplet Rydberg states

R Ding, JD Whalen, SK Kanungo, TC Killian… - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
A combined experimental and theoretical spectroscopic study of high-n, 30≲ n≲ 100, triplet
S and D Rydberg states in Sr 87 is presented. Sr 87 has a large nuclear spin I= 9/2, and at …

Calculations of long range interactions for 87Sr Rydberg states

F Robicheaux - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A method for calculating the properties of Rydberg states and Rydberg–Rydberg interaction
between two 87 Sr atoms is described. The method is based on a multichannel quantum …