Microwave Transitions and Synthetic Dimensions in Rydberg Atoms

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dc.contributor.advisorKillian, Thomas Cen_US
dc.creatorLu, Yien_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T19:26:43Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-05-29T19:26:43Zen_US
dc.date.created2025-05en_US
dc.date.issued2025-03-05en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2025en_US
dc.date.updated2025-05-29T19:26:43Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThe marriage between Rydberg physics and ultracold atomic systems have hatched so many fascinating achievements. The exaggerated properties of Rydberg states, combined with the pristine environments provided by the ultracold atoms, can lead to realizations of exotic physical systems. One particularly innovative direction that emerged recently is to use microwave-frequency transitions between Rydberg levels to simulate the dynamics of a particle hopping between lattice sites. Such approach, referred to as Rydberg synthetic dimensions, falls under the broad scheme of quantum simulations. Here we present description of the infrastructure used for Rydberg excitation and coherent microwave transitions, which are essential to the realization of Rydberg synthetic dimensions. We will also present experimental results on simulating the Su-Schireffer-Heeger Hamiltonian, a canonical model with paradigmatic importance in topological physics.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/118402en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRydberg atomsen_US
dc.subjectquantum simulationsen_US
dc.titleMicrowave Transitions and Synthetic Dimensions in Rydberg Atomsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics and Astronomyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAtomic and Molecular Physicsen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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