Engineering many-body dynamics of Rydberg atoms for quantum-enhanced metrology

Programmable arrays of Rydberg atoms have emerged as a versatile experimental platform for studying quantum many-body physics. Our experiment combines techniques from this platform with the optical clock qubit of strontium. Here, we aim to engineer many-body dynamics that produce entangled states for quantum-enhanced metrology with optical clocks. In this talk, I will discuss how we use Rydberg interactions to realize effective Ising models and harness their early-time dynamics for preparing a range of entangled states with metrological gain.