title: Stroboscopic generation of topological protection.
abstract: Trapped neutral atoms offer a powerful route to robust simulation of complex quantum systems. We present here a stroboscopic scheme for realization of a Hamiltonian with n-body interactions on a set of neutral atoms trapped in an addressable optical lattice, using only 1- and 2-body physical operations together with a dissipative mechanism that allows thermalization to finite temperature or cooling to the ground state. We demonstrate this scheme with application to the toric code Hamiltonian, ground states of which can be used to robustly store quantum information when coupled to a low temperature reservoir.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Berkeley Center for Quantum Information and Computation, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Herdman
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: V W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Scarola
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarovar
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Whaley