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We present an optical tweezer array of $^{87}$Rb atoms housed in an cryogenic environment that successfully combines a 4 K cryopumping surface, a <50 K cold box surrounding the atoms, and a room-temperature high-numerical-aperture objective…

As several photovoltaic materials experimentally approach the Shockley-Queisser limit, there has been a growing interest in unconventional materials and approaches with the potential to cross this efficiency barrier. One such candidate is…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-02-11 Sayan Roy , Zixuan Hu , Sabre Kais , Peter Bermel

The realization of large-scale fully controllable quantum systems is an exciting frontier in modern physical science. We use atom-by-atom assembly to implement a novel platform for the deterministic preparation of regular arrays of…

We present a novel electron injection scheme for plasma wakefield acceleration. The method is based on recently proposed technique of fast electron generation via laser-solid interaction: a femtosecond laser pulse with the energy of tens of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 V. Khudiakov , A. Pukhov

We propose a scheme to create universal Dicke states of n largely detuned atoms through detecting the leaky photons from an optical cavity. The generation of entangled states in our scheme has quasi-unit success probability, so it has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yun-Feng Xiao , Zheng-Fu Han , Jie Gao , Guang-Can Guo

2D materials offer an ideal platform to study the strain fields induced by individual atomic defects, yet challenges associated with radiation damage have so-far limited electron microscopy methods to probe these atomic-scale strain fields.…

Optical tweezers (OT) have become an essential technique in several fields of physics, chemistry, and biology as precise micromanipulation tools and microscopic force transducers. Quantitative measurements require the accurate calibration…

We trap atoms in versatile two-dimensional (2D) arrays of optical potentials, prepare flexible 2D spin configurations, perform site-selective coherent manipulation, and demonstrate the implementation of simultaneous measurements of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-18 Jens Kruse , Christian Gierl , Malte Schlosser , Gerhard Birkl

We present fast parallel rearrangement of single atoms in optical tweezers into arbitrary geometries by updating holograms displayed by an ultra fast spatial light modulator. Using linear interpolation of the tweezer position and the…

We introduce an open quantum battery protocol using dark states to achieve both superextensive capacity and power density, with non-interacting spins coupled to a reservoir. Further, our power density actually scales with the of number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 James Q. Quach , William J. Munro

We demonstrate the implementation of $\Lambda$-enhanced gray molasses cooling on the D$_2$ line of $^{85}$Rb atoms in an optical tweezer array. This technique yields lower atomic temperatures of 4.0(2) $\mu$K compared to red-detuned…

We present a deterministic protocol for the preparation of entangled states in the symmetric Dicke subspace of $N$ spins coupled to a common cavity mode that prepares entangled states useful for quantum sensing, achieving a precision…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Vineesha Srivastava , Sven Jandura , Gavin K Brennen , Guido Pupillo

Recent developments in quantum technologies have enabled significant improvements in the precision of optical sensing systems. This work explores the integration of distributed quantum sensing (DQS) with optical gyroscopes to improve the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Priyanka M. Kannath , Girish S. Agarwal , Ashok Kumar

Arrays of neutral-atom qubits in optical tweezers are a promising platform for quantum computation. Despite experimental progress, a major roadblock for realizing neutral atom quantum computation is the qubit initialization. Here we propose…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-12 Xi-Wang Luo , Mark G. Raizen , Chuanwei Zhang

Solid electrolytes with fast ion transport are one of the key challenges for solid state lithium metal batteries. To improve ion conductivity, chemical doping has been the most effective strategy, and atomistic simulation with…

Subsystem readout during a quantum process, or mid-circuit measurement, is crucial for error correction in quantum computation, simulation, and metrology. Ideal mid-circuit measurement should be faster than the decoherence of the system,…

We outline an experimental setup for efficiently preparing a tweezer array of $^{88}$Sr atoms. Our setup uses permanent magnets to maintain a steady-state two-dimensional magneto-optical trap (MOT) which results in a loading rate of up to…

Distribution System State Estimation (DSSE) is becoming increasingly important with the integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the active operation of distribution networks (DNs), but it remains challenging due to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-25 J. G. De la Varga , S. Pineda , A. Stratigakos , J. M. Morales

Single neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers and laser-coupled to Rydberg states provide a fast and flexible platform to generate configurable atomic arrays for quantum simulation. The platform is especially suited to study quantum spin…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 Nikolaus Lorenz , Lorenzo Festa , Lea-Marina Steinert , Christian Gross

We present a magnetic trapping scheme for cold 87Rb atoms based on light-induced fictitious magnetic fields generated by the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber (ONF) integrated with an optical tweezers. We calculate and compare the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Alexey Vylegzhanin , Dylan J. Brown , Sergey Abdrakhmanov , Sile Nic Chormaic