Abstract
Ultracold atoms in optical lattices are ideal to study fundamentally new quantum many-body systems(1,2) including frustrated or topological magnetic phases(3,4) and supersolids(5,6). However, the necessary control of strong long-range interactions between distant ground state atoms has remained a long-standing goal. Optical dressing of ground state atoms via off-resonant laser coupling to Rydberg states is one way to tailor such interactions(5-8). Here we report the realization of coherent Rydberg dressing to implement a two-dimensional synthetic spin lattice. Our single-atom-resolved interferometric measurements of the many-body dynamics enable the microscopic probing of the interactions and reveal their highly tunable range and anisotropy. Our work marks the first step towards the use of laser-controlledRydberg interactions for the study of exotic quantum magnets(3,4,9) in optical lattices.
Dokumententyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
---|---|
Fakultät: | Physik |
Themengebiete: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik |
ISSN: | 1745-2473 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Dokumenten ID: | 47863 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 27. Apr. 2018, 08:14 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 04. Nov. 2020, 13:25 |