Boris Braverman

Jan 16, 2025 | nature.com | Jin Zhang |Fangli Liu |Boris Braverman |Sheng-Tao Wang |Yannick Meurice

AbstractThe floating phase, a critical incommensurate phase, has been theoretically predicted as a potential intermediate phase between crystalline ordered and disordered phases. In this study, we investigate the different quantum phases that arise in ladder arrays comprising up to 92 neutral-atom qubits and experimentally observe the emergence of the quantum floating phase. We analyze the site-resolved Rydberg state densities and the distribution of state occurrences.