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 …

Roadmap on Atomtronics: State of the art and perspective

L Amico, M Boshier, G Birkl, A Minguzzi… - AVS Quantum …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Atomtronics deals with matter-wave circuits of ultracold atoms manipulated through
magnetic or laser-generated guides with different shapes and intensities. In this way, new …

Cooperative atom-light interaction in a blockaded Rydberg ensemble

JD Pritchard, D Maxwell, A Gauguet, KJ Weatherill… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
By coupling a probe transition to a Rydberg state using electromagnetically induced
transparency (EIT) we map the strong dipole-dipole interactions onto an optical field. We …

Atom-based vector microwave electrometry using rubidium Rydberg atoms in a vapor cell

JA Sedlacek, A Schwettmann, H Kübler, JP Shaffer - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
It is clearly important to pursue atomic standards for quantities like electromagnetic fields,
time, length, and gravity. We have recently shown using Rydberg states that Rb atoms in a …

Photon-photon interactions via Rydberg blockade

AV Gorshkov, J Otterbach, M Fleischhauer, T Pohl… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
We develop the theory of light propagation under the conditions of electromagnetically
induced transparency in systems involving strongly interacting Rydberg states. Taking into …

Electromagnetically induced transparency with Rydberg atoms

D Petrosyan, J Otterbach, M Fleischhauer - Physical review letters, 2011 - APS
We present a theory of electromagnetically induced transparency in a cold ensemble of
strongly interacting Rydberg atoms. Long-range interactions between the atoms constrain …

Fifteen years of cold matter on the atom chip: promise, realizations, and prospects

M Keil, O Amit, S Zhou, D Groswasser… - Journal of modern …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Here we review the field of atom chips in the context of Bose–Einstein Condensates (BEC)
as well as cold matter in general. Twenty years after the first realization of the BEC and 15 …

Quantum spin-ice and dimer models with Rydberg atoms

AW Glaetzle, M Dalmonte, R Nath, I Rousochatzakis… - Physical Review X, 2014 - APS
Quantum spin-ice represents a paradigmatic example of how the physics of frustrated
magnets is related to gauge theories. In the present work, we address the problem of …

Precision Microwave Spectroscopy of the Positronium Fine Structure

L Gurung, TJ Babij, SD Hogan, DB Cassidy - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We report a new measurement of the positronium (Ps) 2 S 3 1→ 2 P 3 0 interval. Slow Ps
atoms, optically excited to the radiatively metastable 2 S 3 1 level, flew through a microwave …

Measurement of absolute transition frequencies of to and Rydberg states by means of electromagnetically induced transparency

M Mack, F Karlewski, H Hattermann, S Höckh… - Physical Review A …, 2011 - APS
We report the measurement of absolute excitation frequencies of Rb 87 to n S and n D
Rydberg states. The Rydberg transition frequencies are obtained by observing …