Fast Pulses for High-Fidelity Circularization of Interacting Rydberg atoms

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.05216v1
• Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:32:35 GMT
• Title: Fast Pulses for High-Fidelity Circularization of Interacting Rydberg atoms
• Abstract summary: Circular states in Rydberg atoms offer a promising platform for quantum computation, quantum simulation and quantum sensing.<n>We show how interactions between two atoms disturb the efficiency of pulses designed for single atoms.<n>We demonstrate that the initial efficiency of single-atom pulses can be restored by adapting them to these shifts.
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• Abstract: Circular states in Rydberg atoms offer a promising platform for quantum computation, quantum simulation and quantum sensing. However, the final step of their preparation - termed as circularization, a process that involves the transfer of a large amount of angular momentum quanta to the valence electron by means of radio-frequency (RF) pulses - remains as a major bottleneck for all technological applications based on interacting circular Rydberg atoms. Even though successfully implemented to circularize an atom cloud in the dilute regime, previous efforts to speed up the circularization process have focused on the single-atom case, thereby neglecting the interactions which constitute one of the main resources for quantum simulation and computation. In this theoretical work we show how interactions between two atoms disturb the efficiency of pulses designed for single atoms and identify shifts induced by the interactions on relevant transition energies as the dominant disturbance. We demonstrate that the initial efficiency of single-atom pulses can be restored by adapting them to these shifts. Our approach is based on a simple functional form depending only on two linear parameters, which we derive analytically. The adapted pulses prepare two $^{87}$Rb atoms after $65 \,$ns in a $n=52$ circular state with a fidelity of at least $95\,\%$ for interatomic distances down to $6.5\,μ$m and for all angular configurations, while also complying experimental amplitude and frequency constraints. Finally, we show that when combining our adapted pulses with Krotov's pulse-shaping algorithm we obtain high-fidelity pulses for any pair arrangement with interatomic distances larger than $5.9\,μ$m. This work demonstrates that fast RF pulses can circularize interacting Rydberg atoms, paving the way toward their technological application.

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