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A: Fachverband Atomphysik
A 37: Poster – Ultra-cold Plasmas and Rydberg Systems (joint session A/Q)
A 37.6: Poster
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 17:00–19:00, Philo 1. OG
Towards the simulation of 2D lattice gauge theories in decorated Rydberg tweezer arrays — •Roxana Wedowski1, Ana Pérez Barrera1, Quentin Redon1, Julia Bergmann1,2, Alessio Celi1,2, and Leticia Tarruell1,3 — 1ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain — 2Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain — 3ICREA, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
Solving strongly coupled gauge theories in more than one dimension is of fundamental importance in several areas of physics, ranging from high-energy to condensed matter physics. On a lattice, gauge invariance and gauge-invariant interactions involve challenging multi-body interactions to realize in quantum simulators. Engineering generalized blockade interactions in decorated arrays of Rydberg atoms has been proposed as a solution to this challenge. In my poster, I will present our current construction of the strontium Rydberg tweezer platform at ICFO based on this approach. This approach should enable us to realize plaquette interactions and engineer the Rokhsar-Kivelson Hamiltonian with minimal experimental complexity. Specifically, I will discuss our latest progress on the construction of the experimental platform.
Keywords: Optical tweezers; Rydberg atoms; Lattice gauge theories