Quantum sensing of microwave electric fields based on Rydberg atoms

J Yuan, W Yang, M **g, H Zhang, Y Jiao… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Microwave electric field (MW E-field) sensing is important for a wide range of applications in
the areas of remote sensing, radar astronomy and communications. Over the past decade …

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 …

Digital communication with Rydberg atoms and amplitude-modulated microwave fields

DH Meyer, KC Cox, FK Fatemi, PD Kunz - Applied Physics Letters, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Rydberg atoms, with one highly excited, nearly ionized electron, have extreme sensitivity to
electric fields, including microwave fields ranging from 100 MHz to over 1 THz. Here, we …

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 (Ω RF, related to the applied
electric field) and Autler-Townes (AT) splitting, when performing atom-based radio …

Modern RF measurements with hot atoms: A technology review of Rydberg atom-based radio frequency field sensors

A Artusio-Glimpse, MT Simons… - IEEE Microwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over a hundred years later, the classic antenna, first invented by Heinrich Hertz, in 1888,, is
still the dominant technology used for the measurement of RF fields. Just seven years after …

Rydberg atom electric field sensing for metrology, communication and hybrid quantum systems

H Zhang, Y Ma, K Liao, W Yang, Z Liu, D Ding, H Yan… - Science Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Rydberg atoms-based electric field sensing had developed rapidly over the past decade. A
variety of theoretical proposals and experiment configurations are suggested and realized to …

A multiple-band Rydberg atom-based receiver: AM/FM stereo reception

C Holloway, M Simons, AH Haddab… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the redefinition of the International System of Units (SI) that occurred in November
2018, there has been much attention on the development of atom-based sensors for …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement of electromagnetically induced transparency based Rydberg-atom electrometry through population repum**

N Prajapati, AK Robinson, S Berweger… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate improved sensitivity of Rydberg electrometry based on electromagnetically
induced transparency (EIT) with a ground state repum** laser. Though there are many …

Atom-based RF electric field metrology: from self-calibrated measurements to subwavelength and near-field imaging

CL Holloway, MT Simons, JA Gordon… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We discuss a fundamentally new method for electric (E) field strength (V/m) metrology
applicable to the near-field. This new approach is significantly different from currently used …

Detecting and receiving phase-modulated signals with a Rydberg atom-based receiver

CL Holloway, MT Simons, JA Gordon… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The recent developments of Rydberg atom-based sensors with the ability to measure phase
have made it possible to receive digital phase-modulated signals. In this letter, we …