Simulation of many-body dynamics using Rydberg excitons

Abstract The recent observation of high-lying Rydberg states excitons in semiconductors with relatively high binding energy motivates exploring their applications quantum nonlinear optics and information processing. Here, we study excitation dynamics a mesoscopic array to demonstrate its application simulation many-body dynamics. We show that the Z 2 -ordered phase can be reached using physical parameters available for cuprous oxide (Cu 2 O) by optimizing driving laser such as duration, intensity, frequency. In an example, our proposed system solving maximum independent set problem based on blockade effect.