Coherent Excitation Transfer in a Spin Chain of Three Rydberg Atoms

Barredo, D.; Labuhn, H.; Rayets, S.; Lahaye, T.; Browaeys, A.; Adams, C.S.

Abstract

We study coherent excitation hopping in a spin chain realized using highly excited individually addressable Rydberg atoms. The dynamics are fully described in terms of an XY spin Hamiltonian with a long range resonant dipole-dipole coupling that scales as the inverse third power of the lattice spacing, C3/R3. The experimental data demonstrate the importance of next neighbor interactions which are manifest as revivals in the excitation dynamics. The results suggest that arrays of Rydberg atoms are ideally suited to large scale, high-fidelity quantum simulation of spin dynamics.

Citation

Barredo, D., Labuhn, H., Rayets, S., Lahaye, T., Browaeys, A., & Adams, C. (2015). Coherent Excitation Transfer in a Spin Chain of Three Rydberg Atoms. Physical Review Letters, 114(11), Article 113002. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.114.113002

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 21, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Mar 19, 2015
• Publication Date: Mar 19, 2015
• Deposit Date: Oct 22, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: May 21, 2015
• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Print ISSN: 0031-9007
• Electronic ISSN: 1079-7114
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 114
• Issue: 11
• Article Number: 113002
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.114.113002
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1421142