Controlling quantum many-body dynamics in driven Rydberg atom arrays
Abstract
Large-scale systems comprising one-dimensional chains and two-dimensional arrays of excited atoms held in a programmable optical lattice are a powerful platform with which to simulate emergent phenomena. Bluvstein et al. built an array of up to 200 Rydberg atoms and subjected the system to periodic excitation. Under such driven excitation, they found that the array of atoms stabilized, freezing periodically into what looked like time crystals. Understanding and controlling the dynamic interactions in quantum many-body systems lies at the heart of contemporary condensed matter physics and the exotic phenomena that can occur.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Mar 26, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.abg2530
Entities
People
- A. A. Michailidis
- Ahmed Omran
- Alexander Keesling
- Dolev Bluvstein
- Giulia Semeghini
- Harry Levine
- Maksym Serbyn
- Markus Greiner
- Mikhail Lukin
- Nishad Maskara
- Sepehr Ebadi
- Soonwon Choi
- Tout Wang
- Vladan Vuletić
- Wen Wei Ho
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- European Research Council
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary
- Harvard University
- Hertz Foundation
- Horizon 2020
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Miller Institute
- National Science Foundation
- National University of Singapore
- Office of Naval Research
- QuEra Computing Inc.
- Stanford University
- United States Department of Energy