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Atom-by-atom assembly of defect-free one-dimensional cold atom arrays

Endres, Manuel and Bernien, Hannes and Keesling, Alexander and Levine, Harry and Anschuetz, Eric R. and Krajenbrink, Alexandre and Senko, Crystal and Vuletić, Vladan and Greiner, Markus and Lukin, Mikhail D. (2016) Atom-by-atom assembly of defect-free one-dimensional cold atom arrays. Science, 354 (6315). pp. 1024-1027. ISSN 0036-8075. doi:10.1126/science.aah3752. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20161004-102552364

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Abstract

The realization of large-scale fully controllable quantum systems is an exciting frontier in modern physical science. We use atom-by-atom assembly to implement a platform for the deterministic preparation of regular one-dimensional arrays of individually controlled cold atoms. In our approach, a measurement and feedback procedure eliminates the entropy associated with probabilistic trap occupation and results in defect-free arrays of over 50 atoms in less than 400 milliseconds. The technique is based on fast, real-time control of 100 optical tweezers, which we use to arrange atoms in desired geometric patterns and to maintain these configurations by replacing lost atoms with surplus atoms from a reservoir. This bottom-up approach may enable controlled engineering of scalable many-body systems for quantum information processing, quantum simulations, and precision measurements.


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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah3752DOIArticle
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https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.03044arXivDiscussion Paper
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AuthorORCID
Endres, Manuel0000-0002-4461-224X
Keesling, Alexander0000-0003-3931-0949
Greiner, Markus0000-0002-2935-2363
Lukin, Mikhail D.0000-0002-8658-1007
Alternate Title:Cold Matter Assembled Atom-by-Atom
Additional Information:© 2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Received for publication 17 June 2016. Accepted for publication 17 October 2016. We thank K.-K. Ni, N. Hutzler, A. Mazurenko, and A. Kaufman for insightful discussion. This work was supported by NSF, CUA, NSSEFF, and Harvard Quantum Optics Center. H.B. acknowledges support by a Rubicon Grant of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). During the completion of this work, we became aware of a related approach (39).
Group:Institute for Quantum Information and Matter
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Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold AtomsUNSPECIFIED
National Security Science and Engineering Faculty FellowshipUNSPECIFIED
Harvard Quantum Optics CenterUNSPECIFIED
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)UNSPECIFIED
Issue or Number:6315
DOI:10.1126/science.aah3752
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Official Citation:Atom-by-atom assembly of defect-free one-dimensional cold atom arrays By Manuel Endres, Hannes Bernien, Alexander Keesling, Harry Levine, Eric R. Anschuetz, Alexandre Krajenbrink, Crystal Senko, Vladan Vuletic, Markus Greiner, Mikhail D. Lukin Science 25 Nov 2016 : 1024-1027
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