Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapour as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers

N Schlossberger, N Prajapati, S Berweger… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Rydberg states of alkali atoms are highly sensitive to electric fields because their electron
wavefunction has a large spatial extent, leading to large polarizabilities for static fields and …

Atom based RF electric field sensing

H Fan, S Kumar, J Sedlacek, H Kübler… - Journal of Physics B …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Atom-based measurements of length, time, gravity, inertial forces and electromagnetic fields
are receiving increasing attention. Atoms possess properties that suggest clear advantages …

Quantum simulation and computing with Rydberg-interacting qubits

M Morgado, S Whitlock - AVS Quantum Science, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Arrays of optically trapped atoms excited to Rydberg states have recently emerged as a
competitive physical platform for quantum simulation and computing, where high-fidelity …

Atomic superheterodyne receiver based on microwave-dressed Rydberg spectroscopy

M **g, Y Hu, J Ma, H Zhang, L Zhang, L **ao, S Jia - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Highly sensitive phase-and frequency-resolved detection of microwave electric fields is of
central importance in a wide range of fields, including cosmology,, meteorology …

Microwave electrometry with Rydberg atoms in a vapour cell using bright atomic resonances

JA Sedlacek, A Schwettmann, H Kübler, R Löw, T Pfau… - Nature physics, 2012 - nature.com
Atom-based standards for length and time as well as other physical quantities such as
magnetic fields show clear advantages by enabling stable and uniform measurements. Here …

[HTML][HTML] ARC: An open-source library for calculating properties of alkali Rydberg atoms

N Šibalić, JD Pritchard, CS Adams… - Computer Physics …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present an object-oriented Python library for the computation of properties of highly-
excited Rydberg states of alkali atoms. These include single-body effects such as dipole …

Determining the angle-of-arrival of a radio-frequency source with a Rydberg atom-based sensor

AK Robinson, N Prajapati, D Senic, MT Simons… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we demonstrate the use of a Rydberg atom-based sensor for determining the
angle of arrival of an incident radio frequency (RF) wave or signal. The technique uses …

A Rydberg atom-based mixer: Measuring the phase of a radio frequency wave

MT Simons, AH Haddab, JA Gordon… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Rydberg atoms have been shown to be very useful in performing absolute measurements of
the magnitude of a radio frequency (RF) field using electromagnetically induced …

Electric field metrology for SI traceability: Systematic measurement uncertainties in electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic vapor

CL Holloway, MT Simons, JA Gordon… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the relationship between the Rabi frequency (XRF, related to the applied
electric field) and Autler-Townes (AT) splitting, when performing atom-based radio …

Storage and control of optical photons using Rydberg polaritons

D Maxwell, DJ Szwer, D Paredes-Barato, H Busche… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
We use a microwave field to control the quantum state of optical photons stored in a cold
atomic cloud. The photons are stored in highly excited collective states (Rydberg polaritons) …