Geometry-Induced Domain-Wall Pinning and ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ Asymmetry in Nominally One-Dimensional Rydberg Arrays

Elijah Pelofske, Frank Barrows, Cristiano Nisoli

We perform experiments on QuEra's neutral-Rydberg-atom Aquila quantum computer, using quasi-adiabatic evolution on 1-dimensional models. We use hardware fine-tuning to balance the…