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Recently, we introduced a Rydberg-atom based mixer capable of detecting and measuring the phase of a radio-frequency field through the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and Autler-Townes (AT) effect. The ability to measure…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-09-10 Christopher L. Holloway , Matthew T. Simons , Joshua A. Gordon , David Novotny

We examine spectral signatures of Rydberg atoms driven with near-resonant dual-tone radio-frequency (RF) fields in the regime of strong driving. We experimentally demonstrate and theoretically model a variety of nonlinear and multiphoton…

We innovatively propose a method to improve the performance of Rydberg atom sensors based on the repetition frequency of pulsed lasers, which is verified in experiments. Rydberg atoms excited by pulsed lasers are influenced significantly by…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Ke Di , Chenglin Ye , Yijie Du , Meihui Liu , Pengfei Shi , Yu Liu , Jiajia Du , Jun He

The Rydberg-based microwave detection is an all-optical technology that uses the strong coherent interaction between Rydberg atoms and microwave field. Different from the traditional microwave meter, the Rydberg atomic sensing is a new-type…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-08-05 Xue Jingjing , Li Ruonan , Hu Xuesong , Sun Peisheng , Zhou Haitao , Zang Junxiang

Rydberg atoms have shown significant promise as the basis for highly sensitive detectors of continuous radio-frequency (RF) E-fields. Here, we study their time-dependent response to pulse-modulated RF E-fields at 19.4 GHz using a cesium…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-03-04 Stephanie M. Bohaichuk , Donald Booth , Kent Nickerson , Harry Tai , James P. Shaffer

Rydberg atom-based radio frequency electromagnetic field sensors are drawing wide-spread interest because of their unique properties, such as small size, dielectric construction, and self-calibration. These photonic sensors use lasers to…

We prepare and analyze Rydberg states with orbital quantum numbers $\ell \le 6$ using three-optical-photon electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) and radio-frequency (RF) dressing, and employ the high-$\ell$ states in electric-field…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-05-13 Alisher Duspayev , Ryan Cardman , David A. Anderson , Georg Raithel

Rydberg atomic sensors have been adopted for novel radio frequency (RF) measurement technique and the sensing capability for signals in multiple frequencies makes it attractive for multi-user communication. However, unlike traditional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-27 Hao Wu , Chongwu Xie , Xinyuan Yao , Kang-Da Wu , Shanchi Wu , Rui Ni , Guo-Yong Xiang , Chen Gong

We present enhanced sensing of radio frequency (RF) electric fields (E-fields) by the combined polarizability of Rydberg atoms and the optimized local oscillator (LO) fields of supergheterodyne receiving. Our modified theoretical model…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-01-04 Wenguang Yang , Minyong Jing , Hao Zhang , Linjie Zhang , Liantuan Xiao , Suotang Jia

Rydberg-assisted atomic electrometry with thermal vapors offers a promising approach for detecting external electric fields. However, this technique presents significant challenges for measuring low frequencies due to the effects of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Yu-Chi Chen , Shao-Cheng Fang , Hsuan-Jui Su , Yi-Hsin Chen

We report the enhanced optical transmission in the coherent, off-resonant excitation of Rydberg atom gases at room temperature via a two-photon process. Here thermal resonance-enhanced transparency (TRET) is induced when the detuning of the…

We observe electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) on the 5s to 5p transition in a room temperature rubidium vapour cell by coupling the 5p state to a Rydberg state (ns or nd with n=26 to 124). We demonstrate that the narrow…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. K. Mohapatra , T. R. Jackson , C. S. Adams

We design a phase-sensitive Rydberg-atom interferometry by implementing Floquet electromagnetically induced transparency (FEIT). The FEIT mixes the sidebands of a Rydberg state induced by a MHz radio frequency (RF) field and recombines them…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Yingying Han , Changfa He , Peng Xu , Yanting Zhao , Tao Wang , Weidong Li

We present a technique for measuring radio-frequency (RF) electric field strengths with sub-wavelength resolution. We use Rydberg states of rubidium atoms to probe the RF field. The RF field causes an energy splitting of the Rydberg states…

Rydberg electric field sensors exploit the large number of Rydberg resonances to provide sensitivity over a broad range of the electromagnetic spectrum. However, due to the difficulty of accessing resonant Rydberg states at ultra-high…

Rydberg atom-based RF sensors offer distinct advantages over conventional dipole antennas for electric field detection. This paper presents a system model and performance analysis of a Rydberg atom-based quantum radar, which employs optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-12 Sourav Banerjee , Neel Kanth Kundu

Rydberg atoms have been used for measuring radio-frequency (RF) electric (E)-fields due to their strong dipole moments over the frequency range of 500 MHz-1 THz. For this, electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) within the…

Rydberg excitation using blue and IR transition is an advantageous path for quantum computation in alkali elements. Aiming to stabilize the IR laser for quantum computation, we study electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) spectrum…

Rydberg atom-based sensors use atoms dressed by lasers to detect and measure radio frequency electromagnetic fields. The absorptive properties of the atomic gas, configured as a Rydberg atom-based sensor, change in the presence of a radio…

We demonstrate a velocity selection scheme that mitigates suppression of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) by Doppler shifts for low--high EIT probe--coupling wavelength ordering. An optical pumping beam counter-propagating…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-01-13 Wenchao Xu , Brian DeMarco