Creating a table with merged cells in RevTex 4.2 template

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I'm trying to create a table that looks like this:

I'm using the RevTex 4.2 Template. I've been reading this thread but am a beginner with Latex and am not sure how to modify it to make the table I want.

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With tabularray:

\documentclass{revtex4-2}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\usepackage{caption}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[66]
    \begin{table}[ht]
    \centering
\begin{tblr}{width=0.8\linewidth,
            hlines=0.4pt, vlines=0.4pt,
            colspec = {l *{5}{X[c,m]}},
             colsep = 4pt,
             row{1} = {font=\small\bfseries},
             rowsep = 3pt
            }
Assumption  &   & \SetCell[c=2]{c} Double slit  
                        &   & Right slit    & Left slit \\
$a=\#$ mm   & \SetCell[r=2]{c} $\lambda$ [nm] = 
                & \#    & \SetCell[r=2]{c} \#   
                            & \#            & \#        \\
$d=\#$ mm   &   & \#    &   & \SetCell[c=2]{c} n/a  
                                            &           \\
$\lambda = \#$ mm 
            & $a$ [mm] =& \SetCell[c=2]{c} n/a
                            &   & \#        & \#        \\
\end{tblr}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

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Here is a start. Hope it helps. Updated as recommended by @WojciechMorawiec.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array,multirow,graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{label01} & \multicolumn{3}{c|}{label02}                                             \\ \hline
\parbox[t]{2mm}{\multirow{4}{*}{\rotatebox[origin=c]{90}{some text}}}   & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\multirow{2}{*}{item 1}} & description & description \\ \cline{3-4} 
                             &                                               & description & description \\ \cline{2-4} 
                             & \multirow{2}{*}{item 2}                       & description & description \\ \cline{3-4} 
                             &                                               & description & description \\ \hline
\parbox[t]{2mm}{\multirow{4}{*}{\rotatebox[origin=c]{90}{some text}}}   & \multirow{2}{*}{item 1}                       & description & description \\ \cline{3-4} 
                             &                                               & description & description \\ \cline{2-4} 
                             & \multirow{2}{*}{item 2}                       & description & description \\ \cline{3-4} 
                             &                                               & description & description \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Creating a Pretty RevTex Table with Long Equations

i would:

use tabularx for table environment
not use colored rows
in table body separate rows with tiny Xhline{0.1pt} from the package makecell

for vertical spaces above/below cell content use macro\makegapedcells from the package makecell:

\documentclass[aps, pre, reprint]{revtex4-1}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{makecell,tabularx}
\setcellgapes{3pt}

%---------------- show page layout. don't use in a real document!
\usepackage{showframe}
\renewcommand\ShowFrameLinethickness{0.15pt}
\renewcommand*\ShowFrameColor{\color{red}}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%

\begin{document}
    \begin{table*}
\makegapedcells
\setlength\tabcolsep{6pt}
    \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{c X}
   \Xhline{0.8pt}
Variable    &   Expression      \\
   \hline
$\alpha$
    &  $\begin{multlined}[0.95\linewidth]
        -2 q_1^2 (6 \alpha_4 A_1^4-A_1^2 (\alpha_2+20 \alpha_4 A_2^2+32 \alpha_4 A_3 A_2-4 \alpha_3 A_3+40 \alpha_4 A_3^2) + \\
        2 (6 \alpha_4 A_2^4+A_2^2 (\alpha_2+4 A_3 (4 \alpha_3+9 \alpha_4 A_3))+2 A_3^2 (\alpha_2+6 \alpha_4 A_3^2)))
        \end{multlined}$          \\
    \Xhline{0.1pt}
$\gamma$
    &   $\begin{multlined}[0.95\linewidth]
        \frac{1}{3} q_1^4 (12 \alpha_4 A_1^4-A_1^2 (\alpha_2+4 (11 \alpha_4 A_2^2+32 \alpha_4 A_3 A_2-7 \alpha_3 A_3+58 \alpha_4 A_3^2))+ \\
        2 (24 \alpha_4 A_2^4+A_2^2 (\alpha_2+204 \alpha_4 A_3^2+40 \alpha_3 A_3)+8 A_3^2 (\alpha_2+12 \alpha_4 A_3^2)))
        \end{multlined}$          \\
    \Xhline{0.8pt}
\end{tabularx}
    \end{table*}
\end{document}

(red lines indicate page layout)

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