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A: Fachverband Atomphysik

A 31: Poster Session III

A 31.30: Poster

Thursday, March 9, 2017, 17:00–19:00, P OG1

Rydberg Dressed Quantum Many-Body Systems — Lorenzo Festa, •Nikolaus Lorenz, Marcel Duda, and Christian Gross — Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany

We are setting up a novel experiment for the study of quantum many-body systems with engineered long-range interactions. These interactions are induced by off-resonant laser coupling to Rydberg states, so called Rydberg dressing. Our aim is to explore fundamentally new types of quantum matter based on these tailored long-range interactions. A first goal is to study tailored quantum magnets in microtrap arrays, where Potassium provides interesting prospects for deterministic array loading. Here we report on the status of the project and on the technological implementation of the experimental apparatus. This is designed in order to maximize coupling to Rydberg states via ultraviolett laser excitation and to minimize the experimental cycle time to allow for experiments that require high statistics.