Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "Atomic physics"
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A dipolar erbium quantum gas microscope
(2021-05-12)Quantum gas microscopy is an exciting platform for the study ofin situatom-atom interactions.Erbium, a dipolar atom, presents an opportunity to extend previous quantum gas microscopy ex-periments to more complex systems ... -
A method of preparing individual excited eigenstates of small quantum many-body systems
(2021-11-16)Any quantum-mechanical system can be conveniently described in terms of a powerful set of states called eigenstates, which each possess a fixed energy and collectively encode crucial insights into the system's character ... -
A nanophotonic device as a quantum network node for atoms in optical tweezers
(2023-04-12)Platforms consisting of neutral atoms individually trapped in arrays of optical tweezers have achieved important milestones in quantum simulation and quantum computation. With access to programmable Rydberg interactions, ... -
A nanophotonic quantum interface for atoms in optical tweezers
(2022-05-10)Realizing an efficient quantum optical interface for multi-qubit systems would enable their quantum network integration and the scaling-up of the qubit number via distributed quantum computing. This thesis presents the ... -
A quantum network node based on a nanophotonic interface for atoms in optical tweezers
(2021-05-04)Efficient interfaces between photons and memory qubits constitute fundamental build- ing blocks for quantum networking and large-scale quantum information processing. Our approach utilizes a photonic crystal cavity to ... -
A Quantum Network Node Based on the Silicon-Vacancy Defect in Diamond
(2021-07-12)Entangling spatially separated quantum bits is an important tool for quantum key distribution, quantum sensing, and scalable quantum computing. The negatively charged silicon-vacancy center in diamond (SiV) is unique in ... -
Advances in the Measurement of the Electron Electric Dipole Moment
(2023-05-10)Searches for the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) are powerful tests of physics beyond the standard model, as they probe for new evidence of time-reversal violating interactions. In 2018 our ACME collaboration reported ... -
An Improved Measurement of the Electron Magnetic Moment
(2022-09-02)A single isolated electron in a Penning trap yields a new measurement of the electron magnetic moment g/2 = 1.001 159 652 180 59 (13). Combined with the Standard Model calculation, this yields an independent determination ... -
Assembling an array of polar molecules with full quantum-state control
(2021-09-15)The ability to control particles in the quantum regime at the individual particle level is a challenge at the frontier of quantum science and engineering. Of the many quantum objects developed in pursuit of this goal, ... -
Coherent Creation of Single Molecules from Single Atoms
(2021-01-22)Molecules, with their rich spectrum of internal states as well as strong and tunable dipolar interactions, are promising candidates for a broad range of experiments including quantum information, quantum chemistry, precision ... -
Collisional Cooling and Magnetic Control of Reactions in Ultracold Spin-polarized NaLi+Na Mixture
(2022-03-17)This thesis describes two studies with a mixture of ultracold triplet ground state 23Na6Li molecules and 23Na atoms. The first study is to realize the cooling of ultracold NaLi molecules with Na atoms that efficiently ... -
Complexity, Algorithms, and Applications of Programmable Quantum Many-Body Systems
(2021-05-14)Advances in the programmability of quantum many-body systems have stimulated the development of novel computational and scientific applications. In this dissertation, we address a few fundamental and practical questions ... -
Controlling Atomic, Solid-State and Hybrid Systems for Quantum Information Processing
(2013-10-18)Quantum information science involves the use of precise control over quantum systems to explore new technologies. However, as quantum systems are scaled up they require an ever deeper understanding of many-body physics ... -
Diamond nanophotonic quantum networks
(2021-03-31)A coherent interface between optical photons and long-lived matter qubits can form the basis for a broad range of quantum technologies. I will describe the realization of such an interface using inversion-symmetric ... -
Diamond platforms for nanoscale photonics and metrology
(2014-06-06)Observing and controlling solid state quantum systems is an area of intense research in quantum science today. Such systems offer the natural advantage of being bound into a solid device, eliminating the need for laser ... -
Electronic and Nanophotonic Integration of a Quantum Network Node in Diamond
(2021-05-12)Developing technologies for distributing entanglement over long distances, and employing this technology to create quantum communication networks, has been a standing goal of the quantum optics community for almost two ... -
Engineered potentials and dynamics of ultracold quantum gases under the microscope
(2014-06-06)In this thesis, I present experiments on making and probing strongly correlated gases of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice with engineered potentials and dynamics. The quantum gas microscope first developed in our lab ... -
Erbium quantum gas microscope
(2021-01-20)Quantum gas microscopy of dipolar atoms is a promising opportunity to expand upon previous quantum simulations of neutral atoms in optical lattices. Erbium atoms interact via the long-range magnetic dipole-dipole interaction, ... -
Improving the Limit on the Electron EDM: Data Acquisition and Systematics Studies in the ACME Experiment
(2014-06-06)The ACME collaboration has completed a measurement setting a new upper limit on the size of the electron's permanent electric dipole moment (EDM). The existence of the EDM is well motivated by theories extending the standard ... -
Methods for Direct Laser Cooling of Polyatomic Molecules
(2022-01-06)Molecules controlled at the single-quantum-state level offer wide-ranging applications spanning many of the frontiers of modern physics. Within the past decade, simple diatomic molecules have been brought under full quantum ...