Data capacity scaling of a distributed Rydberg atomic receiver array
Abstract
The data transfer capacity of a communication channel is limited by the Shannon-Hartley theorem and scales as for a single channel with the power signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). We implement an array of atom-optical receivers in a single-input-multi-output (SIMO) configuration by using spatially distributed probe light beams. The data capacity of the distributed receiver configuration is observed to scale as for an array consisting of receivers. Our result is independent on the modulation frequency, and we show that such enhancement of the bandwidth cannot be obtained by a single receiver with a similar level of combined optical power. We investigate both theoretically and experimentally the origins of the single channel capacity limit for our implementation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2102.05285,
title = {Data capacity scaling of a distributed Rydberg atomic receiver array},
author = {J. Susanne Otto and Marisol K. Hunter and Niels Kjærgaard and Amita B. Deb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.05285},
year = {2021}
}