Shaurya Bhave
Progress toward a Lithium-based quantum gas microscope
Recent advances in optical lattices and site-resolved imaging have expanded the scope of experiments using ultracold atomic gases. In this talk, I will present our progress toward a lithium quantum gas microscope; designed as a versatile experimental platform enabling two complementary research directions.
First, by combining an optical superlattice with single-site addressing, we aim to implement tunnelling-based gates and realize a hybrid quantum processor that merges Hubbard-model physics with programmable quantum gate operations.
Second, we plan to exploit the same platform’s single-site resolution together with recently developed quantum gas magnifier techniques to realize a dual-space quantum gas microscope. This capability allows deeper investigations on many-body physics in bulk atomic gases, including the study of pairing and coherence across the BCS–BEC crossover.
The system is designed for fast experimental turnaround using a compact, single-chamber architecture with a high-power optical lattice directly loaded from a MOT.