CAREER: Rydberg Atom Crystals

这个职业发展项目的重点是一种新型的“设计师固体”的实验研究，该固体由超冷里德伯原子的样品组成，这些原子通过长距离偶极-偶极相互作用强烈耦合。 实验研究了这种设计师固体的一种新形式-里德伯原子晶体。 该研究致力于开发控制这种强耦合自旋系统中单个原子之间相互作用的能力，以产生量子计算所需的纠缠。 拟议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，这项工作力求扩大一批成功的女科学家在更大社区的接触面。 本科生作为实习教师参与概念物理课程的开发，他们的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，并帮助建立讲座演示资源。 通过一个物理演示节目，学生的外联活动正在扩大到学院之外，该节目将前往当地的K-12学校。

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.