(DURIP) QUANTUM GAS TWEEZERS PLATFORM
Abstract
We propose an optical tweezer apparatus capable of trapping of a degenerate Feshbach-tunable quantum gas of atoms at each tweezer site. Optical tweezers provide a high degree of spatial reconfigurability, allowing for the synthesis of defect free atomic samples which may then serve as qubits or references for optical clocks. We propose to develop an apparatus in a regime in which each tweezer site is occupied by many atoms at or near quantum degeneracy. This would open up a variety of many-particle enhancements to, for example, Rydberg gates. Separately, the proposed apparatus would give rise to new capabilities such as exploring quantum thermodynamics with individual tweezer sites serving as working fluids and heat baths for a configurable quantum heat engine, and investigating new paths to interaction-driven controlled entanglement. A key element of the proposed apparatus is a highly tunable laser system which will both enable implementation of Rydberg gates between tweezer sites and serve a broad class of DoD research needs through its integration into the Broadly-tunable Illumination Facility for Research, Outreach, Scholarship, and Training (BIFROST).
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 20, 2023
- Source ID
- FA95502210489
Entities
People
- David M. Weld
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of California, Santa Barbara