Manipulating synthetic gauge fluxes via multicolor dressing of Rydberg-atom arrays
Xiaoling Wu, Fan Yang, Shuo Yang, Klaus Mølmer, Thomas Pohl, Meng Khoon Tey, Li You
Abstract
The authors propose a multicolor Rydberg dressing scheme to realize a site-selective spin-exchange interaction and show that it can be used to manipulate synthetic gauge fluxes in a Rydberg lattice at the level of individual plaquette.
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Rydberg formulaRydberg atomPhysicsExcited stateSpin (aerodynamics)Gauge (firearms)Quantum decoherenceScalingTopology (electrical circuits)QuantumQuantum mechanicsMaterials scienceIonMathematicsIonizationGeometryMetallurgyThermodynamicsCombinatoricsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum many-body systemsTopological Materials and Phenomena