CAREER: Rydberg Atom Crystals

职业：里德伯原子晶体

• 批准号: 0134676
• 负责人: Michael Noel
• 金额: $ 40.06万
• 依托单位: Bryn Mawr College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-01 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0134676&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Rydberg; Atom; Crystals

This career development project focuses on an experimental study of a novel type of "designer solid" consisting of a sample of ultracold Rydberg atoms that are strongly coupled by long range dipole-dipole interactions. The experiments investigate a new form of this designer solid -a Rydberg atom crystal. The research works toward developing the ability to control interactions between individual atoms in this strongly coupled spin system at the level required to produce the entanglement necessary for quantum computations. The table top scale of the proposed research provides excellent opportunities for student involvement at a variety of levels. In addition, the work seeks to broaden the exposure of a group of successful women scientists to the larger community. Undergraduate students are involved in the development of a conceptual physics course as student teachers whose duties go well beyond those of a typical teaching assistant. They explore teaching pedagogies, help implement innovative teaching methods, and help build lecture demonstration resources. Student outreach is being extended beyond the confines of the college through a physics demonstration show, which travels to local K-12 schools.

这个职业发展项目的重点是对一种新型“设计固体”的实验研究，该固体由超冷里德伯原子样品组成，这些原子通过远距离偶极子-偶极子相互作用强耦合。实验研究了这种设计固体的一种新形式——里德伯原子晶体。该研究致力于发展控制强耦合自旋系统中单个原子之间相互作用的能力，其水平要求产生量子计算所需的纠缠。所提议的研究的桌面规模为学生在各个层面的参与提供了极好的机会。此外，这项工作还寻求扩大一组成功的女科学家在更大范围内的曝光度。本科生作为实习教师参与概念物理课程的开发，其职责远远超出了典型的助教。他们探索教学方法，帮助实施创新的教学方法，帮助建立讲座示范资源。通过在当地K-12学校举办的物理示范表演，学生们的触角已经超出了学院的范围。