Advanced Seminar:
Quantum simulation of exotic states of matter with Rydberg atoms

M.Sc. Physik / M.Sc. Physics

Summer Semester 2026

First session

Friday, April 14, 2026

Time and Place

Friday, 11:30 - 13:00, Seminar room V57.5.331, Pfaffenwaldring 57

General Information

Participants can find further details in the ILIAS course.

This is an open seminar, guest listeners are welcome!

Topics & Sessions

Nr. Date Topic Speaker Supervisor
1 10.04.26 Introduction to Rydberg atoms in optical tweezers   Simon Fell
2 17.04.26 Experimental observation of many-body SCAR states   Chris Bühler
3 24.04.26 Theory of quantum many-body SCAR states   Chris Bühler
4 08.05.26 Time crystals with Rydberg atoms   Santiago Higuero
5 15.05.26 Observation of a symmetry protected topological phase with Rydberg atoms   Nicolai Lang
6 22.06.26 Topological band structures and intrinsic spin orbit coupling with Rydberg atoms   Sebastian Weber
7 05.06.26 Experimentally accessible scheme for a fractional Chern insulator in Rydberg atoms   Sebastian Weber
8 12.06.26 Spin liquid phase on a Ruby lattice with blockade interaction   Johannes Mögerle
9 19.06.26 Observation of spin liquid behaviour in quench experiments   Johannes Mögerle
10 26.06.26 Quantum computation with Rydberg atoms   Santiago Higuero
11 03.07.26 Blockade interaction for solving NP hard problems and functional completeness   Simon Fell
12 10.07.26 Topological state of matter with toric code order for Rydberg blockade interaction   Tobias Maier
13 17.07.26 XY model with weakly long range interaction   Katharina Brechtelsbauer

 

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