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most citedTuning friction atom-by-atom in an ion-crystal simulator

126 citations · 682 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

quant-ph2024★ 52 cited

Experimental Demonstration of Logical Magic State Distillation

Pedro Sales Rodriguez, John M. Robinson, Paul Niklas Jepsen +70

Realizing universal fault-tolerant quantum computation is a key goal in quantum information science. By encoding quantum information into logical qubits utilizing quantum error cor…

quant-ph2024★ 31 cited

Observation of string breaking on a (2 + 1)D Rydberg quantum simulator

Daniel Gonzalez-Cuadra, Majd Hamdan, Torsten V. Zache +10

Lattice gauge theories (LGTs) describe a broad range of phenomena in condensed matter and particle physics. A prominent example is confinement, responsible for bounding quarks insi…

quant-ph2024★ 9 cited

Large-scale quantum reservoir learning with an analog quantum computer

Milan Kornjača, Hong-Ye Hu, Chen Zhao +50

Quantum machine learning has gained considerable attention as quantum technology advances, presenting a promising approach for efficiently learning complex data patterns. Despite t…

quant-ph2024

Quantum quench dynamics as a shortcut to adiabaticity

Alexander Lukin, Benjamin F. Schiffer, Boris Braverman +9

The ability to efficiently prepare ground states of quantum Hamiltonians via adiabatic protocols is typically limited by the smallest energy gap encountered during the quantum evol…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

Probing quantum floating phases in Rydberg atom arrays

Jin Zhang, Sergio H. Cantú, Fangli Liu +10

The floating phase, a critical incommensurate phase, has been theoretically predicted as a potential intermediate phase between crystalline ordered and disordered phases. In this s…

quant-ph2023★ 28 cited

Aquila: QuEra's 256-qubit neutral-atom quantum computer

Jonathan Wurtz, Alexei Bylinskii, Boris Braverman +10

The neutral-atom quantum computer "Aquila" is QuEra's latest device available through the Braket cloud service on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Aquila is a "field-programmable qubit a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 15 cited

Kinks and Nanofriction: Structural Phases in Few-Atom Chains

Dorian A. Gangloff, Alexei Bylinskii, Vladan Vuletić

The frictional dynamics of interacting surfaces under forced translation are critically dependent on lattice commensurability. Performing experiments in a trapped-ion friction emul…

physics.atom-ph2017★ 14 cited

Multislip Friction with a Single Ion

Ian Counts, Dorian Gangloff, Alexei Bylinskii +3

A trapped ion transported along a periodic potential is studied as a paradigmatic nanocontact frictional interface. The combination of the periodic corrugation potential and a harm…

quant-ph2017★ 62 cited

Single-atom heat machines enabled by energy quantization

David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, Alexei Bylinskii, Dorian Gangloff +3

Quantization of energy is a quintessential characteristic of quantum systems. Here we analyze its effects on the operation of Otto cycle heat machines and show that energy quantiza…

physics.atom-ph2015★ 97 cited

Observation of Aubry transition in finite atom chains via friction

Alexei Bylinskii, Dorian Gangloff, Ian Counts +1

The highly nonlinear many-body physics of a chain of mutually interacting atoms in contact with a periodic substrate gives rise to complex static and dynamical phenomena, such as s…

physics.optics2015★ 30 cited

Preventing and Reversing Vacuum-Induced Optical Losses in High-Finesse Tantalum (V) Oxide Mirror Coatings

Dorian Gangloff, Molu Shi, Tailin Wu +11

We study the vacuum-induced degradation of high-finesse optical cavities with mirror coatings composed of SiO-TaO dielectric stacks, and present methods to protect…

physics.atom-ph2015★ 77 cited

Velocity tuning of friction with two trapped atoms

Dorian Gangloff, Alexei Bylinskii, Ian Counts +2

Friction is the basic, ubiquitous mechanical interaction between two surfaces that results in resistance to motion and energy dissipation. In spite of its technological and economi…

quant-ph2015★ 20 cited

Technologies for trapped-ion quantum information systems

Amira M. Eltony, Dorian Gangloff, Molu Shi +3

Scaling-up from prototype systems to dense arrays of ions on chip, or vast networks of ions connected by photonic channels, will require developing entirely new technologies that c…

physics.atom-ph2014★ 126 cited

Tuning friction atom-by-atom in an ion-crystal simulator

Alexei Bylinskii, Dorian Gangloff, Vladan Vuletic

Friction between ordered, atomically smooth surfaces at the nanoscale (nanofriction) is often governed by stick-slip processes. To test long-standing atomistic models of such proce…

physics.optics2014★ 16 cited

Passive intrinsic-linewidth narrowing of ultraviolet extended-cavity diode laser by weak optical feedback

Polnop Samutpraphoot, Sophie Weber, Qian Lin +7

We present a simple method for narrowing the intrinsic Lorentzian linewidth of a commercial ultraviolet grating extended-cavity diode laser (TOPTICA DL Pro) using weak optical feed…

physics.atom-ph2013★ 46 cited

Suppression of Ion Transport due to Long-Lived Sub-Wavelength Localization by an Optical Lattice

Leon Karpa, Alexei Bylinskii, Dorian Gangloff +2

We report the localization of an ion by a one-dimensional optical lattice in the presence of an applied external force. The ion is confined radially by a radiofrequency trap and ax…

quant-ph2013★ 58 cited

One-dimensional array of ion chains coupled to an optical cavity

Marko Cetina, Alexei Bylinskii, Leon Karpa +7

We present a novel hybrid system where an optical cavity is integrated with a microfabricated planar-electrode ion trap. The trap electrodes produce a tunable periodic potential al…