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Engineering frustrated Rydberg spin models by graphical Floquet modulation

Quantum Gases 2025-12-16 v2 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons Atomic Physics

Abstract

Arrays of Rydberg atoms interacting via dipole-dipole interactions offer a powerful platform for probing quantum many-body physics. However, these intrinsic interactions also determine and constrain the models -- and parameter regimes thereof -- for quantum simulation. Here, we propose a systematic framework to engineer arbitrary desired long-range interactions in Rydberg-atom lattices, enabling the realization of fully tunable J1J_1-J2J_2-J3J_3 Heisenberg models. Using site-resolved periodic modulation of Rydberg states, we develop an experimentally feasible protocol to precisely control the interaction ratios J2/J1J_2/J_1 and J3/J1J_3/J_1 in a kagome lattice. This control can increase the effective range of interactions and drive transitions between competing spin-ordered and spin liquid phases. To generalize this approach beyond the kagome lattice, we reformulate the design of modulation patterns through a graph-theoretic approach, demonstrating the universality of our method across all 11 planar Archimedean lattices. Our strategy overcomes the inherent constraints of power-law-decaying dipolar interactions, providing a versatile toolbox for exploring frustrated magnetism, emergent topological phases, and quantum correlations in systems with long-range interactions.

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@article{arxiv.2505.01513,
  title  = {Engineering frustrated Rydberg spin models by graphical Floquet modulation},
  author = {Mingsheng Tian and Rhine Samajdar and Bryce Gadway},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.01513},
  year   = {2025}
}
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