Resonant Energy Exchange in Ultracold Rydberg Atoms

Author

Samantha Grubb, Ursinus CollegeFollow
Alan Okinaka, Ursinus CollegeFollow

Submission Date

7-29-2022

Document Type

Paper

Department

Physics & Astronomy

Faculty Mentor

Thomas Carroll

Comments

Presented during the 24th Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 22, 2022 at Ursinus College.

Project Description

Ultracold Rydberg atoms serve as good systems in which resonant dipole-dipole interactions can be observed. The goal of our work is to design a simulation in which energy exchange among many nearly evenly spaced energy levels is observed. These observations are useful for understanding the time evolution of complicated quantum systems, and have applications in quantum computing and simulating. We are utilizing a supercomputer to run our simulation as well as studying the system experimentally. Once we obtain simulated results, we plan to compare them with the results obtained in a lab.

Recommended Citation

Grubb, Samantha and Okinaka, Alan, "Resonant Energy Exchange in Ultracold Rydberg Atoms" (2022). Physics and Astronomy Summer Fellows. 42.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/physics_astro_sum/42