The simulation shows a programmable array of atoms in optical tweezers being driven toward Rydberg excitation, illustrating how neighboring atoms within the blockade radius share a single collective excitation instead of exciting independently.
Adjust the interatomic spacing slider to shrink or grow the blockade radius relative to the lattice spacing, and use the Rabi drive control to watch collective √N Rabi oscillations emerge within blockaded clusters.
Sliders for interatomic spacing, Rydberg state (principal quantum number), and laser Rabi frequency
Because Rydberg interaction strength scales roughly as the 11th power of the principal quantum number, choosing a slightly higher Rydberg state can increase the blockade radius by a large factor without changing the physical atom spacing at all.
The simulation shows a programmable array of atoms in optical tweezers being driven toward Rydberg excitation, illustrating how neighboring atoms within the blockade radius share a single collective excitation instead of exciting independently.
The simulation shows a programmable array of atoms in optical tweezers being driven toward Rydberg excitation, illustrating how neighboring atoms within the blockade radius share a single collective excitation instead of exciting independently.
Adjust the interatomic spacing slider to shrink or grow the blockade radius relative to the lattice spacing, and use the Rabi drive control to watch collective √N Rabi oscillations emerge within blockaded clusters.
Because Rydberg interaction strength scales roughly as the 11th power of the principal quantum number, choosing a slightly higher Rydberg state can increase the blockade radius by a large factor without changing the physical atom spacing at all.