Progress toward an Erbium Dipolar Quantum Gas Microscope

Quantum gas microscopy provides an exciting platform for the study of in situ atom-atom interactions. Recent advances in quantum gas microscopy have allowed probing of the Bose-Hubbard and Fermi-Hubbard Hamiltonian. We are currently extending these platforms with the introduction of an Erbium Dipolar Quantum Gas Microscope allowing us to study dipole-dipole interactions in a lattice. Erbium has several exciting properties, which increase the control and flexibility of these systems. These include stable bosonic and fermionic isotopes, a large magnetic dipole moment (7uB), a large spin value (J=6 and F=19/2 for bosonic and fermionic isotopes), a rich Feshbach spectrum, and several broad and narrow atomic transitions. Here we are presenting our recent progress toward an Erbium Quantum Gas Microscope. This features the integration of several unique systems, such as a high-resolution reflective objective, an accordion lattice for imaging, and a low disorder optical lattice. These developments will allow us to benefit from the long-range interaction of Erbium and probe the Extended Bose-Hubbard and Extended Fermi-Hubbard Hamiltonian to an unprecedented degree.