Long-Lived Circular Rydberg Qubits of Alkaline-Earth Atoms in Optical Tweezers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10625v2
• Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 12:48:58 GMT
• Title: Long-Lived Circular Rydberg Qubits of Alkaline-Earth Atoms in Optical Tweezers
• Authors: Christian H\"olzl, Aaron G\"otzelmann, Einius Pultinevicius, Moritz Wirth, Florian Meinert
• Abstract summary: Coherence time and gate fidelities in Rydberg atom quantum simulators and computers are fundamentally limited by the Rydberg state lifetime. Circular Rydberg states are highly promising candidates to overcome this limitation by orders of magnitude. We report the first realization of alkaline-earth circular Rydberg atoms trapped in optical tweezers.
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• Abstract: Coherence time and gate fidelities in Rydberg atom quantum simulators and computers are fundamentally limited by the Rydberg state lifetime. Circular Rydberg states are highly promising candidates to overcome this limitation by orders of magnitude, as they can be effectively protected from decay due to their maximum angular momentum. We report the first realization of alkaline-earth circular Rydberg atoms trapped in optical tweezers, which provide unique and novel control possibilities due to the optically active ionic core. Specifically, we demonstrate creation of very high-$n$ ($n=79$) circular states of $^{88}$Sr. We measure lifetimes as long as 2.55 ms at room temperature, which are achieved via cavity-assisted suppression of black-body radiation. We show coherent control of a microwave qubit encoded in circular states of nearby manifolds, and characterize the qubit coherence time via Ramsey and spin-echo spectroscopy. Finally, circular state tweezer trapping exploiting the Sr$^+$ core polarizability is quantified via measurements of the trap-induced light shift on the qubit. Our work opens routes for quantum simulations with circular Rydberg states of divalent atoms, exploiting the emergent toolbox associated with the optically active core ion.

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