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Pranjal Praneel

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arXiv2026

Checkerboard Bose Hubbard Ladders using Transmon Arrays

Adding a sublattice bias to the two dimensional Bose Hubbard model greatly enriches the available physics, and introduces knobs which can be used to control and interrogate the quantum state. We describe the physics of this checkerboard Bose Hubbard model and how it can be explored using transmon arrays. We show that the sublattice bias brings the commensurate superfluid phase into an experimentally accessible regime, and gives new probes. We characterize the superfluid and insulating phases, with careful attention to finite size effects.

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arXiv2026

Observation of disorder-induced superfluidity

The emergence of states with long-range correlations in a disordered landscape is rare, as disorder typically suppresses the particle mobility required for long-range coherence. But when more than two energy levels are available per site, disorder can induce resonances that locally enhance mobility. Here we explore phases arising from the interplay between disorder, kinetic energy, and interactions on a superconducting processor with qutrit readout and control. Compressibility measurements distinguish an incompressible Mott insulator from surrounding compressible phases and reveal signatures of glassiness, reflected in non-ergodic behavior. Spatially-resolved two-point correlator measurements identify regions of the phase diagram with a non-vanishing condensate fraction. We also visualize the spectrum by measuring the dynamical structure factor. A linearly-dispersing phonon mode materializes in the superfluid, appearing even when disorder is introduced to the clean Mott insulator. Our results provide strong experimental evidence for disorder-induced superfluidity.

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arXiv2024

Multi-site gates for state preparation in quantum simulation of the Bose Hubbard Model

We construct a sequence of multi-site gates which transform an easily constructed product state into an approximation to the superfluid ground state of the Bose-Hubbard model. The mapping is exact in the one dimensional hard core limit, and for non-interacting particles in both one and two dimensions. The gate sequence has other applications, such as being used as part of a many-body interferometer which probes the existence of doublons.

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