Coherent Rydberg excitation of single atoms using a pulsed fiber amplifier
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2604.13436 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 15 Apr 2026] Title:Coherent Rydberg excitation of single atoms using a pulsed fiber amplifier Authors:Ying-Wen Zhang, Yang Wang, Chen-Long Xu, Yi-Bo Wang, Peng Xu View a PDF of the paper titled Coherent Rydberg excitation of single atoms using a pulsed fiber amplifier, by Ying-Wen Zhang and 3 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:In recent years, the growing scale of programmable neutral-atom arrays has led to an increasing demand for higher-power Rydberg excitation light. Although pulsed amplifiers deliver higher peak power than continuous-wave lasers, their use for efficient coherent Rydberg excitation of single atoms in arrays has been limited by challenges such as pulse distortion, synchronization with excitation sequences, and spectral linewidth broadening. Here, we address these issues using a fiber-based master-oscillator power-amplifier system. We demonstrate efficient coherent Rydberg excitation of single atoms in a rubidium atom array, achieving performance comparable to continuous-wave methods. This study provides a potentially new technical pathway toward future large-scale quantum simulation and computation with Rydberg atom arrays. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2604.13436 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2604.13436v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.13436 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Peng Xu [view email] [v1] Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:28:41 UTC (1,816 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Coherent Rydberg excitation of single atoms using a pulsed fiber amplifier, by Ying-Wen Zhang and 3 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-04 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)