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20122022
most citedProbing many-body dynamics on a 51-atom quantum simulator

2.5k citations · 8.2k across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cs.SD2022★ 1 cited

Disentangling speech from surroundings with neural embeddings

Ahmed Omran, Neil Zeghidour, Zalán Borsos +3

We present a method to separate speech signals from noisy environments in the embedding space of a neural audio codec. We introduce a new training procedure that allows our model t…

quant-ph2021★ 70 cited

Dispersive optical systems for scalable Raman driving of hyperfine qubits

Harry Levine, Dolev Bluvstein, Alexander Keesling +7

Hyperfine atomic states are among the most promising candidates for qubit encoding in quantum information processing. In atomic systems, hyperfine transitions are typically driven…

cs.SD2021

SoundStream: An End-to-End Neural Audio Codec

Neil Zeghidour, Alejandro Luebs, Ahmed Omran +2

We present SoundStream, a novel neural audio codec that can efficiently compress speech, music and general audio at bitrates normally targeted by speech-tailored codecs. SoundStrea…

quant-ph2021★ 851 cited

Probing Topological Spin Liquids on a Programmable Quantum Simulator

Giulia Semeghini, Harry Levine, Alexander Keesling +13

Quantum spin liquids, exotic phases of matter with topological order, have been a major focus of explorations in physical science for the past several decades. Such phases feature…

quant-ph2020★ 983 cited

Quantum Phases of Matter on a 256-Atom Programmable Quantum Simulator

Sepehr Ebadi, Tout T. Wang, Harry Levine +12

Motivated by far-reaching applications ranging from quantum simulations of complex processes in physics and chemistry to quantum information processing, a broad effort is currently…

cond-mat.quant-gas2019★ 10 cited

Multiparticle interactions for ultracold atoms in optical tweezers: Cyclic ring-exchange terms

Annabelle Bohrdt, Ahmed Omran, Eugene Demler +2

Dominant multi-particle interactions can give rise to exotic physical phases with anyonic excitations and phase transitions without local order parameters. In spin systems with a g…

quant-ph2019★ 634 cited

Parallel implementation of high-fidelity multi-qubit gates with neutral atoms

Harry Levine, Alexander Keesling, Giulia Semeghini +8

We report the implementation of universal two- and three-qubit entangling gates on neutral atom qubits encoded in long-lived hyperfine ground states. The gates are mediated by exci…

quant-ph2019★ 644 cited

Generation and manipulation of Schrödinger cat states in Rydberg atom arrays

Ahmed Omran, Harry Levine, Alexander Keesling +16

Quantum entanglement involving coherent superpositions of macroscopically distinct states is among the most striking features of quantum theory, but its realization is challenging,…

physics.optics2019★ 89 cited

Large-Scale Uniform Optical Focus Array Generation with a Phase Spatial Light Modulator

Donggyu Kim, Alexander Keesling, Ahmed Omran +5

We report a new method to generate uniform large-scale optical focus arrays (LOFAs). By identifying and removing undesired phase rotation in the iterative Fourier-transform algorit…

quant-ph2018★ 537 cited

Quantum Kibble-Zurek mechanism and critical dynamics on a programmable Rydberg simulator

Alexander Keesling, Ahmed Omran, Harry Levine +12

Quantum phase transitions (QPTs) involve transformations between different states of matter that are driven by quantum fluctuations. These fluctuations play a dominant role in the…

quant-ph2018★ 433 cited

High-fidelity control and entanglement of Rydberg atom qubits

Harry Levine, Alexander Keesling, Ahmed Omran +7

Individual neutral atoms excited to Rydberg states are a promising platform for quantum simulation and quantum information processing. However, experimental progress to date has be…

quant-ph2017★ 2.5k cited

Probing many-body dynamics on a 51-atom quantum simulator

Hannes Bernien, Sylvain Schwartz, Alexander Keesling +9

Controllable, coherent many-body systems can provide insights into the fundamental properties of quantum matter, enable the realization of new quantum phases and could ultimately l…

cond-mat.quant-gas2017★ 218 cited

Revealing Hidden Antiferromagnetic Correlations in Doped Hubbard Chains via String Correlators

Timon A. Hilker, Guillaume Salomon, Fabian Grusdt +5

Topological phases, like the celebrated Haldane phase in spin-1 chains, defy characterization through local order parameters. Instead, non-local string order parameters can be empl…

cond-mat.quant-gas2016★ 412 cited

Spin and Charge Resolved Quantum Gas Microscopy of Antiferromagnetic Order in Hubbard Chains

Martin Boll, Timon A. Hilker, Guillaume Salomon +5

The repulsive Hubbard Hamiltonian is one of the foundational models describing strongly correlated electrons and is believed to capture essential aspects of high temperature superc…

cond-mat.quant-gas2015★ 225 cited

Microscopic Observation of Pauli Blocking in Degenerate Fermionic Lattice Gases

Ahmed Omran, Martin Boll, Timon Hilker +4

The Pauli exclusion principle is one of the most fundamental manifestations of quantum statistics. Here, we report on its local observation in a spin-polarized degenerate gas of fe…

physics.atom-ph2012★ 539 cited

Observation of mesoscopic crystalline structures in a two-dimensional Rydberg gas

Peter Schauß, Marc Cheneau, Manuel Endres +7

The ability to control and tune interactions in ultracold atomic gases has paved the way towards the realization of new phases of matter. Whereas experiments have so far achieved a…