Two-axis twisting using Floquet-engineered XYZ spin models with polar molecules

C Miller, AN Carroll, J Lin, H Hirzler, H Gao, H Zhou… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Polar molecules confined in an optical lattice are a versatile platform to explore spin-motion
dynamics based on strong, long-range dipolar interactions,. The precise tunability of Ising …

Site-selective preparation and multistate readout of molecules in optical tweezers

LRB Picard, GE Patenotte, AJ Park, SF Gebretsadkan… - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
Polar molecules are a quantum resource with rich internal structure that can be coherently
controlled. The structure, however, also makes the state preparation and measurement …

Efficient Creation of Ultracold Ground State Polar Molecules

C He, X Nie, V Avalos, S Botsi, S Kumar, A Yang… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We report the creation of ultracold ground state Li 6 K 40 polar molecules with high
efficiency. Starting from weakly bound molecules, stimulated Raman adiabatic passage is …

Generalized theory for optical cooling of a trapped atom with spin

SS Phatak, KN Blodgett, D Peana, MR Chen, JD Hood - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Cooling atoms to the ground state of optical tweezers is becoming increasingly important for
high-fidelity imaging, cooling, and molecular assembly. While extensive theoretical work has …

Enhanced quantum state transfer via feedforward cancellation of optical phase noise

BP Maddox, JM Mortlock, TR Hepworth… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Many experimental platforms for quantum science depend on state control via laser fields.
Frequently, however, the control fidelity is limited by optical phase noise. This is exacerbated …

Dual-species optical tweezer for Rb and K atoms

Y Wei, K Wei, S Li, B Yan - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
The optical tweezer experiment with neutral atoms is a focal topic in cold-atom physics due
to its significant potential in quantum computing and simulation. Here we present the …

Demonstration of Erasure Conversion in a Molecular Tweezer Array

CM Holland, Y Lu, SJ Li, CL Welsh… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Programmable optical tweezer arrays of molecules are an emerging platform for quantum
simulation and quantum information science. For these applications, reducing and mitigating …

Long-lived entanglement of molecules in magic-wavelength optical tweezers

DK Ruttley, TR Hepworth, A Guttridge… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Realising quantum control and entanglement of particles is crucial for advancing both
quantum technologies and fundamental science. Significant developments in this domain …

Dressed-State Spectroscopy and Magic Trapping of Microwave-Shielded NaCs Molecules

S Zhang, W Yuan, N Bigagli, C Warner… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We report on the optical polarizability of microwave-shielded ultracold NaCs molecules in an
optical dipole trap. While dressing a pair of rotational states with a microwave field, we …

Field-induced magnon decays in dipolar quantum magnets

AD Kim, A Khalifa, S Chatterjee - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.19011, 2024 - arxiv.org
We investigate the spontaneous disintegration of magnons in two-dimensional ferromagnets
and antiferromagnets dominated by long-range dipolar interactions. Analyzing kinematic …