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Functional completeness of planar Rydberg blockade structures

Quantum Physics 2023-08-30 v2 Quantum Gases Atomic Physics

Abstract

The construction of Hilbert spaces that are characterized by local constraints as the low-energy sectors of microscopic models is an important step towards the realization of a wide range of quantum phases with long-range entanglement and emergent gauge fields. Here we show that planar structures of trapped atoms in the Rydberg blockade regime are functionally complete: Their ground state manifold can realize any Hilbert space that can be characterized by local constraints in the product basis. We introduce a versatile framework, together with a set of provably minimal logic primitives as building blocks, to implement these constraints. As examples, we present lattice realizations of the string-net Hilbert spaces that underlie the surface code and the Fibonacci anyon model. We discuss possible optimizations of planar Rydberg structures to increase their geometrical robustness.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2301.01508,
  title  = {Functional completeness of planar Rydberg blockade structures},
  author = {Simon Stastny and Hans Peter Büchler and Nicolai Lang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.01508},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

33 pages, 14 figures, v2: fixed typos, added additional references and comments

R2 v1 2026-06-28T08:02:13.052Z