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Although Rydberg atoms have shown promise for use in novel types of radio frequency receivers, they have generally not been considered phase sensitive without the use of closed-loop interferometry or auxiliary radio frequency fields. Here,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Stephanie M. Bohaichuk , Vijin Venu , Florian Christaller , James P. Shaffer

We present results on Rydberg atom-based electric field sensing in the range of 1 kHz - 300 MHz, using a three-photon Rydberg excitation scheme and a transverse electromagnetic (TEM) line waveguide to apply low-frequency rf fields to the…

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…

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…

Quantum sensing using Rydberg atoms offers unprecedented opportunities for next-generation radar systems, transcending classical limitations in miniaturization and spectral agility. Implementing this paradigm for radar sensing, this work…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Minze Chen , Tianqi Mao , Zhiao Zhu , Haonan Feng , Ge Gao , Zhonghuai Wu , Wei Xiao , Zhongxiang Li , Dezhi Zheng

Rydberg-atom electric field sensing has shown great potential from near-DC to THz with state-of-the-art measurement metrics realized in sensitivity, phase extraction, multi-band receptivity, etc. While Rydberg-atom sensors have shown…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Aveek Chandra , Narongrit Paensin , Rainer Dumke

We investigate the sensitivity of three-photon EIT in Rydberg atoms to radio frequency detection and compare it against conventional two-photon systems. Specifically, we model the 4-level and 5-level atomic system and compare how the…

Rydberg atom-based electrometry enables traceable electric field measurements with high sensitivity over a large frequency range, from gigahertz to terahertz. Such measurements are particularly useful for the calibration of radio frequency…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Santosh Kumar , Haoquan Fan , Harald Kübler , Akbar J. Jahangiri , James P. Shaffer

An optical probe of cesium Rydberg atoms generated in a thermal vapor cell is used to retrieve a baseband signal modulated onto a 16.98-GHz carrier wave in real-time, demonstrating an atom-based quantum receiver suitable for microwave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-25 Yuechun Jiao , Xiaoxuan Han , Jiabei Fan , Georg Raithel , Jianming Zhao , Suotang Jia

Rydberg atom electrometry offers traceable electric field measurements over many decades of radio frequencies in a single device. Miniaturization of these sensors is primarily limited by requirements of the lasers used. Here we demonstrate…

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

Radio frequencies in the HF and VHF (3 MHz to 300 MHz) bands are challenging for Rydberg atom-based detection schemes, as resonant detection requires exciting the atoms to extremely high energy states. We demonstrate a method for detecting…

Rydberg atom based sensors allow for SI traceable measurements and show promise for applications in the field of communication and radar technologies. In this article, we investigate the bandwidth and sensitivity of a Rydberg atom-based…

In recent years, micromachined vapor cells have been revolutionizing the field of chip-scale quantum sensors such as magnetometers and atomic clocks. In parallel, Rydberg atomic quantum sensing has emerged as a powerful technique for…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Avital Giat , Kfir Levi , Ori Nefesh , Liron Stern

Rydberg sensors have significant promise as an alternative to the antenna systems used for sub-MHz frequency communications, where the scale of high-efficiency antennas is often impractically large, forcing the use of low-efficiency,…

We present a Rydberg atom-based microwave electric field sensor that achieves extended dynamic range and enhanced sensitivity across a broad bandwidth. By characterizing the Autler-Townes (AT) splitting induced by a single-tone microwave…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-01-28 Hsuan-Jui Su , Shao-Cheng Fang , Ting-An Li , Chen-Hao Chang , Yu-Chi Chen , Yi-Hsin Chen

Low frequency communication has a wide range of applications in the fields of satellite detection, underground mining, disaster relief. Rydberg atom sensor has rapidly developed in recent years, capitalizing on its calibration-free…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-08-20 Yipeng Xie , Mingwei Lei , Meng Shi

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…

Recently, Rydberg atom has emerged as an attractive choice to realize quantum sensing of low-frequency electric field. The progress so far has mostly utilized the intensity and phase changes in probe laser and the corresponding detection…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Ding Wang , Shenchao Jin , Xiayang Fan , Hongjing Li , Jiatian Liu , Jingzheng Huang , Guihua Zeng , Yuan Sun

Rydberg quantum sensors are sensitive to radio-frequency fields across an ultra-wide frequency range spanning megahertz to terahertz electromagnetic waves resonant with Rydberg atom dipole transitions. Here we demonstrate an atomic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-07-12 Remy Legaie , Georg Raithel , David A. Anderson
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