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DTSTART:20261208T160000Z
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SUMMARY:Rydberg Interactions for Dual Species Neutral Atom Quantum Pro
 cessors\, Thesis Defense\, Sam Norrell
DESCRIPTION:Neutral atom quantum processors using Rydberg interactions
  have seen tremendous development in recent years. Despite impressive 
 progress\, there are still many technical challenges and open question
 s that remain before utility-scale quantum computation is achieved. Th
 is thesis explores one of the fundamental building blocks of such quan
 tum processors: Rydberg-Rydberg atom interactions. These interactions 
 afford entanglement and connectivity for most neutral atom quantum com
 puters\, yet are often approximated and calculated asymptotically. In 
 this thesis\, we investigate how subtleties in these interactions affe
 cts quantum entangling gate fidelity.<br>\n<br>\nAdditionally containe
 d in this thesis are details on the design and construction of the Rub
 idium-Cesium Atomic Qubit Array (RC-AQuA) experiment. This apparatus i
 s designed to be a continuously reloading\, error correcting\, dual sp
 ecies quantum processor. Further\, the experiment is engineered to exc
 ite Rydberg $np_{3/2}$ states in both rubidium and cesium\, whose inte
 ractions are considerably less-studied than single-species $ns$ or $nd
 $ levels. In this thesis\, we comprehensively study interactions betwe
 en $np_{3/2}$ states\, providing a pathway towards error-corrected com
 putation with RC-AQuA.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=9889
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