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Rydberg atomic receivers offer a quantum-native alternative to conventional RF front-ends by directly detecting electromagnetic fields via highly excited atomic states. While their quantum-limited sensitivity and hardware simplicity make…

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We demonstrate the use of multiple atomic-level Rydberg-atom schemes for continuous frequency detection of radio frequency (RF) fields. Resonant detection of RF fields by electromagnetically-induced transparency and Autler-Townes (AT) in…

The exploitation of sub-MHz (\textless 1 MHz) can be beneficial for a plethora of applications like underwater vehicular communication, subsurface exploration, low-frequency navigation etc. The traditional electrical receivers in this band…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-24 Minze Chen , Tianqi Mao , Wei Xiao , Zhonghuai Wu , Dapeng Li , Mingyao Cui , Qunsong Zeng , Dezhi Zheng , Kaibin Huang , Zhaocheng Wang

Rydberg atomic sensors have been seen as novel radio frequency (RF) measurements and the high sensitivity to a large range of frequencies makes it attractive for communications reception. However, the signal sensing process in Rydberg…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-03 Hao Wu , Xinyuan Yao , Rui Ni , Chen Gong

Deep subwavelength RF imaging with atomic Rydberg sensors has overcome fundamental limitations of traditional antennas and enabled ultra-wideband detection of omni-directional time varying fields all in a compact form factor. However, in…

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 electrometry, as an emerging cutting-edge technology, features high sensitivity, broad bandwidth, calibration-free operation, and beyond. However, until now the key atomic vapor cells used for confining electric field-sensitive…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Yintao Ma , Beibei Sun , Pan Chen , Yao Chen , Yanbin Wang , Ju Guo , Mingzhi Yu , Ping Yang , Qijing Lina , Libo Zhao

Rydberg-atom electrometry enables highly sensitive electric-field measurements by exploiting the extreme polarizability of Rydberg states in alkali atoms. Millimeter-scale atomic vapor cells can be accurately and economically…

The RYDberg Atomic Receiver (RYDAR) has been demonstrated to surmount the limitation on both the sensitivity and operating bandwidth of the classical electronic counterpart, which can theoretically detect indiscernible electric signals…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-22 Minze Chen , Tianqi Mao , Yang Zhao , Wei Xiao , Dezhi Zheng , Zhaocheng Wang , Jun Zhang , Sheng Chen

Rydberg atoms, which possess exceptionally large electric dipole moments, offer a promising route for electric field sensing as well as metrology traceable to the International System of Units (SI); however, current research predominantly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Tianyu Zhou , Haipeng Xie , Xin Wang

Recognition of multifrequency microwave (MW) electric fields is challenging because of the complex interference of multifrequency fields in practical applications. Rydberg atom-based measurements for multifrequency MW electric fields is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-18 Zong-Kai Liu , Li-Hua Zhang , Bang Liu , Zheng-Yuan Zhang , Guang-Can Guo , Dong-Sheng Ding , Bao-Sen Shi

Microwave (MW) field sensing is foundational to modern technology, yet its evolution, reliant on classical antennas, is constrained by fundamental physical limits on field, temporal, and spatial resolutions. Here, we demonstrate an MW…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Yao-Wen Zhang , De-Sheng Xiang , Ren Liao , Hao-Xiang Liu , Biao Xu , Peng Zhou , Yijia Zhou , Kuan Zhang , Lin Li

Atomic sensing and measurement of millimeter-wave (mmW) and THz electric fields using quantum-optical EIT spectroscopy of Rydberg states in atomic vapors has garnered significant interest in recent years towards the development of atomic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-09-12 David A. Anderson , Eric Paradis , Georg Raithel , Rachel E. Sapiro , Christopher L. Holloway

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in atomic systems involving Rydberg states is known to be a sensitive probe of incident microwave (MW) fields, in particular those resonant with Rydberg-to-Rydberg transitions. Here we propose…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-10-06 Sebastian Borówka , Uliana Pylypenko , Mateusz Mazelanik , Michał Parniak

The quantum sensing landscape has been revolutionized by advanced technologies like superconducting circuits and qubit-based systems which have furthered the ability to probe and understand fundamental properties of quantum matter. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-02 Ioannis Petrides , Arpit Arora , Prineha Narang

Rydberg microwave (MW) sensors are superior to conventional antenna-based techniques because of their wide operating frequency range and outstanding potential sensitivity. Here, we demonstrate a Rydberg microwave receiver with a high…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-08 Bowen Yang , Yuhan Yan , Xuejie Li , Ling Xiao , Xiaolin Li , L. Q. Chen , Jianliao Deng , Huadong Cheng

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

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…

The ability to image electromagnetic fields holds key scientific and industrial applications, including electromagnetic compatibility, diagnostics of high-frequency devices, and experimental scientific work involving field interactions.…

Resonant electric dipole-dipole interactions between cold Rydberg atoms were observed using microwave spectroscopy. Laser-cooled Rb atoms in a magneto-optical trap were optically excited to 45d Rydberg states using a pulsed laser. A…

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