Towards simulating topological matter with driven Rydberg atom arrays

POSTER

Abstract

Ultracold atoms trapped in configurable arrays of optical tweezers provide a highly tunable platform for realizing few- and many-body phases of matter. We describe a new experimental system aimed at combining local addressing and multi-frequency microwave driving of Rydberg states of Rb-87 for the control and detection of novel many-body states. We also describe progress towards the study of frustrated magnetism and topologically ordered states based on the Floquet engineering of dipole-dipole interactions.

*This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. 1945031 and the AFOSR MURI program under agreement number FA9550-22-1-0339.

Presenters

  • Ruiyu Li

    • Pennsylvania State University

Authors

  • Ethan Springhorn

    • Pennsylvania State University
  • Qian Liang

    • Pennsylvania State University
  • Matthew A Krebs

    • The Pennsylvania State University
    • Pennsylvania State University
  • Chenxi Huang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Ruiyu Li

    • Pennsylvania State University
  • Bryce Gadway

    • Pennsylvania State University