Constructing arbitrary coherent rearrangements in optical lattices

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Roth, Alexander and Qiu, Liyang and Hilker, Timon and Franz, Titus and Preiss, Philipp M. (2026) Constructing arbitrary coherent rearrangements in optical lattices. Other. arXiv. (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.04210)

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Abstract

Coherent control of motional degrees of freedom of ultracold atoms in optical lattices offers a promising route towards programmable quantum dynamics with massive particles. We propose and analyze a scheme for implementing coherent rearrangement of ultracold atoms, corresponding to arbitrary unitary transformations on single-particle motional states. Exploiting an analogy between dynamics in optical superlattices and discrete linear optics, we employ the Clements scheme to systematically construct any global N-dimensional single-particle unitary from tunneling and phase shifts in arrays of double wells. Tunneling is controlled globally, while local operations are achieved through site-resolved potential shifts. We numerically investigate the susceptibility of the scheme to intensity noise and addressing crosstalk. We identify key subroutines enabled by this unitary construction, including the Discrete Fourier Transform and the implementation of non-native Hamiltonians. Extending the scheme to two dimensions enables all-to-all atomic rearrangement with a circuit depth that scales sublinearly with the atom number, providing a high-density and highly scalable approach to atom rearrangement.

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Roth, Alexander, Qiu, Liyang, Hilker, Timon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1012-5750, Franz, Titus and Preiss, Philipp M.;
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