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Quantum simulation of material-specific Hubbard models with alkaline-earth atoms
Quantum Gases · Submitted 7 Oct 2026
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The authors' main claim Our results establish a general route for translating material-derived multi-orbital Hamiltonians into programmable ultracold-atom quantum simulators.
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A long-term goal of quantum simulation is to faithfully reproduce the low-energy Hamiltonians of correlated quantum materials, establishing a direct connection between solid-state experiment, electronic-structure theory, and programmable many-body systems. Here, we introduce an integrated quantum-simulation architecture based on fermionic alkaline-earth atoms that enables programmable control over the key ingredients of multi-orbital material Hamiltonians. Long-lived clock states encode synthetic orbitals, their differential polarizabilities generate orbital-selective tunneling, and contact interactions provide multi-orbital Hubbard and Hund couplings. Spatially structured coherent driving on the ultra-narrow clock transition further realizes symmetry-selective inter-orbital hybridization, while the clock detuning independently controls orbital energy offsets. In this way, the spatial symmetries of solid-state orbitals can be encoded directly into the effective Hamiltonian, even though the atoms themselves remain in conventional $s$-wave Wannier orbitals of the lowest optical-lattice bands. We demonstrate the resulting integrated control using the four-band low-energy Hamiltonian of the bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ as a demanding benchmark. Self-consistent calculations show that the microscopic parameters obtained from first-principles modeling can be reproduced within a single experimentally accessible lattice configuration and independently programmed over substantial parameter ranges. Our results establish a general route for translating material-derived multi-orbital Hamiltonians into programmable ultracold-atom quantum simulators.
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| s0 | A long-term goal of quantum simulation is to faithfully reproduce the low-energy Hamiltonians of correlated quantum materials, establishing a direct connection between solid-state experiment, electronic-structure theory, and programmable many-body systems. | background 1.00 | 0.04 | 0.04 | asserted 0.89 |
| s1 | Here, we introduce an integrated quantum-simulation architecture based on fermionic alkaline-earth atoms that enables programmable control over the key ingredients of multi-orbital material Hamiltonians. | contribution 0.99 | 0.91 | 0.10 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | Long-lived clock states encode synthetic orbitals, their differential polarizabilities generate orbital-selective tunneling, and contact interactions provide multi-orbital Hubbard and Hund couplings. | method 0.95 | 0.45 | 0.07 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | Spatially structured coherent driving on the ultra-narrow clock transition further realizes symmetry-selective inter-orbital hybridization, while the clock detuning independently controls orbital energy offsets. | method 0.95 | 0.73 | 0.06 | asserted 0.99 |
| s4 | In this way, the spatial symmetries of solid-state orbitals can be encoded directly into the effective Hamiltonian, even though the atoms themselves remain in conventional $s$-wave Wannier orbitals of the lowest optical-lattice bands. | interpretation 0.66 | 0.58 | 0.11 | asserted 0.86 |
| s5 | We demonstrate the resulting integrated control using the four-band low-energy Hamiltonian of the bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ as a demanding benchmark. | contribution 0.70 | 0.92 | 0.06 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | Self-consistent calculations show that the microscopic parameters obtained from first-principles modeling can be reproduced within a single experimentally accessible lattice configuration and independently programmed over substantial parameter ranges. | result 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.17 | asserted 0.99 |
| s7 | Our results establish a general route for translating material-derived multi-orbital Hamiltonians into programmable ultracold-atom quantum simulators. | interpretation 0.98 | 0.80 | 0.90 | asserted 1.00 |
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A long-term goal of quantum simulation is to faithfully reproduce the low-energy Hamiltonians of correlated quantum materials, establishing a direct connection between solid-state experiment, electronic-structure theory, and programmable many-body systems. Here, we introduce an integrated quantum-simulation architecture based on fermionic alkaline-earth atoms that enables programmable control over the key ingredients of multi-orbital material Hamiltonians. Long-lived clock states encode synthetic orbitals, their differential polarizabilities generate orbital-selective tunneling, and contact interactions provide multi-orbital Hubbard and Hund couplings. Spatially structured coherent driving on the ultra-narrow clock transition further realizes symmetry-selective inter-orbital hybridization, while the clock detuning independently controls orbital energy offsets. In this way, the spatial symmetries of solid-state orbitals can be encoded directly into the effective Hamiltonian, even though the atoms themselves remain in conventional $s$-wave Wannier orbitals of the lowest optical-lattice bands. We demonstrate the resulting integrated control using the four-band low-energy Hamiltonian of the bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ as a demanding benchmark. Self-consistent calculations show that the microscopic parameters obtained from first-principles modeling can be reproduced within a single experimentally accessible lattice configuration and independently programmed over substantial parameter ranges. Our results establish a general route for translating material-derived multi-orbital Hamiltonians into programmable ultracold-atom quantum simulators.
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