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Quantum phase transitions have been shown to be highly beneficial for quantum sensing, owing to diverging quantum Fisher information close to criticality. In this work we consider a periodically modulated Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model to show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Rahul Ghosh , Bandita Das , Victor Mukherjee

We investigate the behavior of geometric phase (GP) and geometric entanglement (GE), a multipartite entanglement measure, across quantum phase transitions in Rydberg atom chains. Using density matrix renormalization group calculations and…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-03-31 Chang-Yan Wang

Neutral atoms are promising for large-scale quantum computing, but accurate neutral-atom entanglement depends on large Rydberg interactions which strongly limit the interatomic distances. Via a phase accumulation in detuned Rabi cycles…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-14 Xiao-Feng Shi , Yan Lu

In this Letter, we report a parameter-dependent Hilbert space fragmentation in a one-dimensional Rydberg atom array under anti-blockade conditions. We identify distinct non-equilibrium dynamical phases and show that their quasi-periodic…

Discrete time quasi-crystals are non-equilibrium quantum phenomena with quasi-periodic order in the time dimension, and are an extension of the discrete time-crystal phase. As a natural platform to explore the non-equilibrium phase of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-19 Xiaofan Luo , Yaoting Zhou , Zhongxiao Xu , Weilun Jiang

This topical review addresses how Rydberg atoms can serve as building blocks for emerging quantum technologies. Whereas the fabrication of large numbers of artificial quantum systems with the uniformity required for the most attractive…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 C. S. Adams , J. D. Pritchard , J. P. Shaffer

Controlling strongly interacting many-body systems enables the creation of tailored quantum matter, with properties transcending those based solely on single particle physics. Atomic ensembles which are optically driven to a Rydberg state…

Recent experiments on a one-dimensional chain of trapped alkali atoms [arXiv:1707.04344] have observed a quantum transition associated with the onset of period-3 ordering of pumped Rydberg states. This spontaneous $\mathbb{Z}_3$ symmetry…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-08-14 Rhine Samajdar , Soonwon Choi , Hannes Pichler , Mikhail D. Lukin , Subir Sachdev

Rydberg atoms held in optical tweezer arrays combine vibrational and electronic degrees of freedom which can be coupled and manipulated at a microscopic level. This opens opportunities for the quantum simulation of artificial molecular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Simon Euchner , Igor Lesanovsky

Programmable neutral-atom arrays provide a promising route to real-time analog simulation of strongly interacting quantum systems. We introduce a two leg Rydberg atom ladder that realizes string dynamics and controllable particle production…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Blake Senseman , Zane Ozzello , Kenneth Heitritter , Yannick Meurice , Stephen Mrenna

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

Using the density matrix renormalization group algorithm, we map the ground-state phase diagram of a two-leg Rydberg ladder array with lattice spacings $a_x=2a_y$. We identify various density wave phases that spontaneously break the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-06-05 Shu-Ao Liao , Jin Zhang , Li-Ping Yang

Arrays of qubits encoded in the ground-state manifold of neutral atoms trapped in optical (or magnetic) lattices appear to be a promising platform for the realization of a scalable quantum computer. Two-qubit conditional gates between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-07 A. Cesa , J. Martin

Ultracold atomic gases have been used extensively in recent years to realize textbook examples of condensed matter phenomena. Recently, phase transitions to ordered structures have been predicted for gases of highly excited, 'frozen'…

The advent of digital neutral-atom quantum computers relies on the development of fast and robust protocols for high-fidelity quantum operations. In this work, we introduce a novel scheme for entangling gates using four atomic levels per…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Giuliano Giudici , Stefano Veroni , Giacomo Giudice , Hannes Pichler , Johannes Zeiher

The interplay of interactions, symmetries and gauge fields usually leads to intriguing quantum many-body phases. To explore the nature of emerging phases, we study a quantum Rabi triangle system as an elementary building block for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Yu-Yu Zhang , Zi-Xiang Hu , Libin Fu , Hong-Gang Luo , Han Pu , Xue-Feng Zhang

Solving strongly coupled gauge theories in two or three spatial dimensions is of fundamental importance in several areas of physics ranging from high-energy physics to condensed matter. On a lattice, gauge invariance and gauge invariant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 A. Celi , B. Vermersch , O. Viyuela , H. Pichler , M. D. Lukin , P. Zoller

The motion-induced dephasing is a severe problem that limits the accuracy of a quantum control process by using external laser fields in neutral Rydberg atoms. This dephasing is a major issue that limits the realizable fidelity of a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-12 Xiao-Feng Shi

We present a native approach for realizing multi-qubit parity phase gates in neutral atom systems through global phase modulation of a Rydberg excitation laser. By shaping the temporal profile of the laser's phase, we enable high fidelity,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Javad Kazemi , Michael Schuler , Christian Ertler , Wolfgang Lechner

Optical tweezer arrays of neutral atoms provide a versatile platform for quantum simulation due to the range of interactions and Hamiltonians that can be realized and explored. We propose to simulate a two-component Bose-Hubbard model with…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-05-08 Y. Zhang , A. Gaddie , H-V. Do , G. W. Biedermann , R. J. Lewis-Swan