Preprints
Single-qubit detection by collective phase imprinting
K. Srakaew, P. Weckesser, D. Adler, S. Agrawal, D. Gröters, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
arXiv:2608.06970 (2026)
Qutrit entanglement and joint multi-parameter estimation in an optical clock platform
O. Lib, S. Liu, M. Ammenwerth, H. Timme, S. Sun, Q. He, M. Huber, G. Vitagliano, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
arXiv:2608.05426 (2026)
Strategic Plan for Neutral Atom Quantum Computation
A. J. Menssen, T. Wang, M. Gullans, T. Manovitz, J. M. Taylor, J. Cong, J. Sinclair et al. (incl. J. Zeiher);
arXiv:2607.21554 (2026)
A cryogenic neutral-atom platform with full optical access and 2-hour trap lifetime
A. Kumar, L. Festa, A. Grinberg, E. Reches, D. Tsevas, K. P. Mours, Z. Zhang, R. Eberhard, S. Blatt, A. Alberti, J. Zeiher, I. Bloch, M. Melchner;
arXiv:2607.12988 (2026)
Engineering Quantum Many-Body Scars through Lattice Geometry
E. Parra Verde, K. P. Mours, J. Zeiher, A. Hudomal, J. C. Halimeh;
arXiv:2605.05296 (2026)
Velocity-Enabled Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms
O. Lib, H. Timme, M. Ammenwerth, F. Gyger, R. Tao, S. Sun, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
arXiv:2603.15561 (2026)
Realization of a cavity-coupled Rydberg array
J. De Santis, B. Dura-Kovács, M. Öncü, A. Bouscal, D. Vasileiadis, J. Zeiher;
arXiv:2602.12152 (2026) (accepted in Phys. Rev. X)
Unsupervised Machine Learning for Experimental Detection of Quantum-Many-Body Phase Transitions
R. Ziv, D. Wei, A. Rubio-Abadal, D. Adler, A. Keselman, E. Lustig, R. Talmon, J. Zeiher, I. Bloch, M. Segev;
arXiv:2512.01091 (2025)
Microscopy of bosonic charge carriers in staggered magnetic fields
A. Bohrdt, D. Wei, D. Adler, K. Srakaew, S. Agrawal, P. Weckesser, I. Bloch, F. Grusdt, J. Zeiher;
arXiv:2410.19500 (2024)
Recoil-free Quantum Gates with Optical Qubits
Z. Zhang, L. Van Damme, M. Rossignolo, L. Festa, M. Melchner, R. Eberhard, D. Tsevas, K. Mours, E. Reches, J. Zeiher, S. Blatt, I. Bloch, S. Glaser, A. Alberti;
arXiv:2408.04622 (2024)
2026
Kinetically constrained cavity QED: from blockaded ferromagnetism to long-range quantum scars
H. Hosseinabadi, R. J. Valencia-Tortora, A. N. Mikheev, D. E. Chang, J. Zeiher, R. Moessner, J. Marino;
PRX Quantum 7, 020357 (2026)
Universal Global Gates for a Fine-Structure Qubit in Strontium-88
R. Tao, O. Lib, F. Gyger, H. Timme, M. Ammenwerth, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 153602 (2026)
2025
Realization of a Rydberg-dressed extended Bose-Hubbard model
P. Weckesser, K. Srakaew, T. Blatz, D. Wei, D. Adler, S. Agrawal, A. Bohrdt, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Science 390, 849 (2025)
Realization of a fast triple-magic all-optical qutrit in strontium-88
M. Ammenwerth, H. Timme, F. Gyger, R. Tao, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 143401 (2025)
Dynamical spatial light modulation in the ultraviolet spectral range
M. Ammenwerth, H. Timme, V. Giardini, R. Tao, F. Gyger, O. Lib, D. Berndt, D. Kourkoulos, T. Rom, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Phys. Rev. Applied 24, 034031 (2025)
Fast entangling gates for Rydberg atoms via resonant dipole-dipole interactions
G. Giudici, S. Veroni, G. Giudice, H. Pichler, J. Zeiher;
PRX Quantum 6, 030308 (2025)
Bosonic Quantum Error Correction with Neutral Atoms in Optical Dipole Traps
L. Bohnmann, D. Locher, J. Zeiher, M. Müller;
Phys. Rev. A 111, 022432 (2025)
2024
Observation of Hilbert space fragmentation and fractonic excitations in 2D
D. Adler, D. Wei, M. Will, K. Srakaew, S. Agrawal, P. Weckesser, R. Moessner, F. Pollmann, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Universal quantum processors in spin systems via robust local pulse sequences
M. Votto, J. Zeiher, B. Vermersch;
Multi-controlled Phase Gate Synthesis with ZX-calculus applied to Neutral Atom Hardware
K. Staudacher, L. Schmid, J. Zeiher, R. Wille, D. Kranzlmüller;
Rydberg Molecules Bound by Strong Light Fields
S. Hollerith, V. Walther, K. Srakaew, D. Wei, D. Adler, S. Agrawal, P. Weckesser, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Continuous operation of large-scale atom arrays in optical lattices
F. Gyger, M. Ammenwerth, R. Tao, H. Timme, S. Snigirev, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Phys. Rev. Research 6, 033104 (2024)
High-Fidelity Detection of Large-Scale Atom Arrays in an Optical Lattice
R. Tao, M. Ammenwerth, F. Gyger, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 013401 (2024)
Richtiger Rechnen
J. Zeiher, M. Müller;
Physik Journal 23 (2024) Nr.4, S.21
Computational capabilities and compiler development for neutral atom quantum processors - connecting tool developers and hardware experts
L. Schmid, D. Locher, M. Rispler, S. Blatt, J. Zeiher, M. Müller, R. Wille;
2023
Observation of brane parity order in programmable optical lattices
D. Wei, D. Adler, K. Srakaew, S. Agrawal, P. Weckesser, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Phys. Rev. X 13, 021042 (2023)
Rydberg Macrodimers: Diatomic molecules on the micrometer scale
S. Hollerith, J. Zeiher;
J. Phys. Chem. A 127, 18, 3925 (2023) (Selected for Cover)
A subwavelength atomic array switched by a single Rydberg atom
K. Srakaew, P. Weckesser, S. Hollerith, D. Wei, D. Adler, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
2022
Mid-circuit cavity measurement in a neutral atom array
E. Deist, Y.-H. Lu, J. Ho, M. K. Pasha, J. Zeiher, Z. Yan, D. M. Stamper-Kurn;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 203602 (2022)
Universeller Transport von Quantenmagneten
J. Zeiher, D.Wei;
Physik in unserer Zeit 53, 214 (2022)
Quantum gas microscopy of Kardar-Parisi-Zhang superdiffusion
D. Wei, A. Rubio-Abadal, B. Ye, F. Machado, J. Kemp, K. Srakaew, S. Hollerith, J. Rui, S. Gopalakrishnan, N. Y. Yao, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Realizing distance-selective interactions in a Rydberg-dressed atom array
S. Hollerith, K. Srakaew, D. Wei, A. Rubio-Abadal, D. Adler, P. Weckesser, A. Kruckenhauser, V. Walther, R. v. Bijnen, J. Rui, C. Gross, I. Bloch, J. Zeiher;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 113602 (2022)
Super-resolution microscopy of optical fields using tweezer-trapped single atoms
E. Deist, Y.-H. Lu, J. A. Gerber, J. Zeiher, D. M. Stamper-Kurn;
2021
Tracking evaporative cooling of a mesoscopic atomic quantum gas in real time
J. Zeiher, J. Wolf, J. A. Isaacs, J. Kohler, D. M. Stamper-Kurn;
Phys. Rev. X 11, 041017 (2021)
Microscopic electronic structure tomography of Rydberg macrodimers
S. Hollerith, J. Rui, A. Rubio-Abadal, K. Srakaew, D. Wei, J. Zeiher, C. Gross, I. Bloch;
2020
A subradiant optical mirror formed by a single structured atomic layer
J. Rui, D. Wei, A. Rubio-Abadal, S. Hollerith, J. Zeiher, D. Stamper-Kurn, C. Gross, I. Bloch;
2019
Many-body delocalization in the presence of a quantum bath
A. Rubio-Abadal, J.-y. Choi, J. Zeiher, S. Hollerith, J. Rui, I. Bloch, C. Gross;
Quantum gas microscopy of Rydberg macrodimers
S. Hollerith, J. Zeiher, J. Rui, A. Rubio-Abadal, V. Walther, T. Pohl, D. Stamper-Kurn, I. Bloch, C. Gross;
2018
Quantum simulation of the universal features of the Polyakov loop
J. Zhang, J.Unmuth-Yockey, J. Zeiher, A. Bazavov, S.-W. Tsai, Y. Meurice;
2017
Coherent many-body spin dynamics in a long-range interacting Ising chain
J. Zeiher, J.-y. Choi, A. Rubio-Abadal, T. Pohl, R. van Bijnen, I. Bloch, C. Gross;
2016
Many-body interferometry of a Rydberg-dressed spin lattice
J. Zeiher, R. van Bijnen, P. Schauß, S. Hild, J.-y. Choi, T. Pohl, I. Bloch, C. Gross;
Exploring the many-body localization transition in two dimensions
J.-y. Choi, S. Hild, J. Zeiher, P. Schauß, A. Rubio-Abadal, T. Yefsah, V. Khemani, D. Huse, I. Bloch, C. Gross;
Science 352, 1547 (2016) (Selected for Cover)
2015
Characterization of Scalable Coherent Rydberg Superatoms
J. Zeiher, P. Schauß, S. Hild, T. Macrì, I. Bloch, C. Gross;
Spatially Resolved Detection of a Spin-Entanglement Wave in a Bose-Hubbard Chain
T. Fukuhara, S. Hild, J. Zeiher, P. Schauß, I. Bloch, M. Endres, C. Gross;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 035302 (2015) (Physics Viewpoint)
Crystallization in Ising quantum magnets
P. Schauß, J. Zeiher, T. Fukuhara, S. Hild, M. Cheneau, T. Macrì, T. Pohl, I. Bloch, C. Gross;
2014
Far-from-Equilibrium Spin Transport in Heisenberg Quantum Magnets
S. Hild, T. Fukuhara, P. Schauß, J. Zeiher, M. Knap, E. Demler, I. Bloch, C. Gross;