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most citedUltrafast energy exchange between two single Rydberg atoms on the nanosecond timescale

113 citations · 167 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2026

Square-root Time Atom Reconfiguration Plan for Lattice-shaped Mobile Tweezers

Koki Aoyama, Takafumi Tomita, Fumihiko Ino

This paper proposes a scalable planning algorithm for creating defect-free atom arrays in neutral-atom systems. The algorithm generates a time plan for a…

cond-mat.quant-gas2026

Magnetic-field control of interactions in alkaline-earth Rydberg atoms and applications to {\it XXZ} models

Masaya Kunimi, Takafumi Tomita

We study the magnetic-field dependence of the interactions between two alkaline-earth(-like) Rydberg atoms, Sr and Yb. Considering the pair of Rydberg states $|n…

cond-mat.quant-gas2025★ 2 cited

Proposal for realizing Heisenberg-type quantum-spin models in Rydberg-atom quantum simulators

Masaya Kunimi, Takafumi Tomita

We investigate the magnetic-field dependence of the interaction between two Rydberg atoms, and . In this setting, the effective s…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 2 cited

Generation of Motional Squeezed States for Neutral Atoms in Optical Tweezers

Vincent Lienhard, Romain Martin, Yuki Torii Chew +3

Optical tweezers are a powerful tool for the precise positioning of a variety of small objects, including single neutral atoms. Once trapped, atoms can be cooled to the motional gr…

physics.optics2024★ 2 cited

Optimization-based hologram design for fine optical tweezer arrays and extension of super-resolution criteria

Keisuke Nishimura, Hiroto Sakai, Takafumi Tomita +2

Aligning light spots into arbitrary shapes is a fundamental challenge in holography, leading to various applications across diverse fields in science and engineering. However, as t…

physics.atom-ph2024

Atom Camera: Super-resolution scanning microscope of a light pattern with a single ultracold atom

Takafumi Tomita, Yuki Torii Chew, Rene Villela +6

Sub-micrometer scale light patterns play a pivotal role in various fields, including biology, biophysics, and AMO physics. High-resolution, in situ observation of light profiles is…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 4 cited

Generation of 480 nm picosecond pulses for ultrafast excitation of Rydberg atoms

Tirumalasetty Panduranga Mahesh, Takuya Matsubara, Yuki Torii Chew +3

Atoms in Rydberg states are an important building block for emerging quantum technologies. While the excitation to the Rydberg orbitals are typically achieved in more than tens of…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 28 cited

Ultra-precise holographic optical tweezers array

Yuki Torii Chew, Martin Poitrinal, Takafumi Tomita +4

Neutral atoms trapped in microscopic optical tweezers have emerged as a growing platform for quantum science. Achieving homogeneity over the tweezers array is an important technica…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 16 cited

Strong Spin-Motion Coupling in the Ultrafast Dynamics of Rydberg Atoms

Vineet Bharti, Seiji Sugawa, Masaya Kunimi +7

Rydberg atoms in optical lattices and tweezers is now a well established platform for simulating quantum spin systems. However, the role of the atoms' spatial wavefunction has not…

physics.atom-ph2021★ 113 cited

Ultrafast energy exchange between two single Rydberg atoms on the nanosecond timescale

Yeelai Chew, Takafumi Tomita, Tirumalasetty Panduranga Mahesh +3

Rydberg atoms, with their giant electronic orbitals, exhibit dipole-dipole interaction reaching the GHz range at a distance of a micron, making them a prominent contender for reali…