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We propose a resonant electromagnetic detector to search for hidden-photon dark matter over an extensive range of masses. Hidden-photon dark matter can be described as a weakly coupled "hidden electric field," oscillating at a frequency…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-10-14 Saptarshi Chaudhuri , Peter W. Graham , Kent Irwin , Jeremy Mardon , Surjeet Rajendran , Yue Zhao

Detecting light is fundamental to all optical experiments and applications. At the single photon level, the quantised nature of light requires specialised detectors, which typically saturate for more than one photon, rendering the…

We present a thorough analysis of single atom detection using optical cavities. The large set of parameters that influence the signal-to-noise ratio for cavity detection is considered, with an emphasis on detunings, probe power, cavity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-08-07 R. Poldy , B. C. Buchler , J. C. Close

Rydberg-atom quantum receivers (RAQRs) enable electric-field sensing with quantum-noise-limited performance, yet their optical readout provides only magnitude measurements whose fluctuations follow Rician statistics governed by atomic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Saman Atapattu , Harini Hapuarachchi , Nathan Ross

We study the underlying theory of dielectric haloscopes, a new way to detect dark matter axions. When an interface between different dielectric media is inside a magnetic field, the oscillating axion field acts as a source of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-01 Alexander J. Millar , Georg G. Raffelt , Javier Redondo , Frank D. Steffen

The dark (or hidden) photon is a massive U(1) gauge boson theorized as a dark force mediator and as a dark matter candidate. Dark photons can be detected with axion cavity haloscopes by probing for a power excess caused by the dark photon's…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-01 Sumita Ghosh , Liz Ruddy , Michael J. Jewell , Alexander F. Leder , Reina H. Maruyama

Haloscope is one of the typical installations to detect the electromagnetic responses (EMRs) of axion field in radio-frequency (RF) and microwave bands. Given that the detectable signals of the usual Haloscope-type detectors (HTDs), biased…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-04-06 Li Gao , Hao Zheng , Xianing Feng , Suirong He , Lianfu Wei , Lingbo Zhao , Qingquan Jiang

The latest result from the ORGAN experiment, an axion haloscope is presented. This iteration of the experiment operated at millikelvin temperatures using a flux-driven Josephson parametric amplifier for reduced noise, along with various…

We describe a new axion search method based on measuring the variance in the interference of the axion signal using injected photons with a power detector. The need for a linear amplifier is eliminated by putting a strong signal into the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-08 Zhanibek Omarov , Junu Jeong , Yannis K. Semertzidis

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

The axion is a compelling hypothetical particle that could account for the dark matter in our universe, while simultaneously explaining why quark interactions within the neutron do not appear to give rise to an electric dipole moment. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-11 Andrew Engel , Thomas Braine , Christian Boutan

The development of a microwave electrometer with inherent uncertainty approaching its ultimate limit carries both fundamental and technological significance. Recently, the Rydberg electrometer has garnered considerable attention due to its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 Hai-Tao Tu , Kai-Yu Liao , Guo-Dong He , Yi-Fei Zhu , Si-Yuan Qiu , Hao Jiang , Wei Huang , Wu Bian , Hui Yan , Shi-Liang Zhu

We present a compact, ionization-based detector for the state-selective and spatially resolved measurement of individual Rydberg atoms trapped in the vicinity of an atom chip. The system combines an electrostatic lens system for guiding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Conny Glaser , Dominik Jakab , Florian Jessen , Manuel Kaiser , Jozsef Fortagh , Andreas Günther

A dark photon is one of the simplest extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics and can be a dark matter candidate. Dark photons kinetically mix with ordinary photons. The mass range from $10^{-4}$ to $10^{-3}$ eV of such dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-16 Akira Miyazaki , Tor Lofnes , Fritz Caspers , Paolo Spagnolo , John Jelonnek , Tobias Ruess , Johannes L. Steinmann , Manfred Thumm

We propose a new strategy to search for dark matter axions in the mass range of 40--400 $\mu$eV by introducing dielectric haloscopes, which consist of dielectric disks placed in a magnetic field. The changing dielectric media cause…

We propose to use graphene-based Josephson junctions (gJjs) to detect single photons in a wide electromagnetic spectrum from visible to radio frequencies. Our approach takes advantage of the exceptionally low electronic heat capacity of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-21 Evan D. Walsh , Dmitri K. Efetov , Gil-Ho Lee , Mikkel Heuck , Jesse Crossno , Thomas A. Ohki , Philip Kim , Dirk Englund , Kin Chung Fong

We present a method for performing low frequency electric field sensing via ionization detection of Rydberg atoms in a collimated atomic beam. A collimated beam avoids much of the electric field screening effects that are common in warm…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Jeremy Glick , John R Dickson , Josie Wood , Paul Kunz

Uncovering the nature of dark matter is one of the most important goals of particle physics. Light bosonic particles, such as the dark photon, are well-motivated candidates: they are generally long-lived, weakly-interacting, and naturally…

Josephson junctions, in appropriate configurations, can be excellent candidates for detection of single photons in the microwave frequency band. Such possibility has been recently addressed in the framework of galactic axion detection. Here…

A dark photon, one of the candidates of light dark matter, will be searched around 0.1 meV range by using a gyrotron. The use of a Transition Edge Sensor is the key of this experiment and the expected result is promising. This search will…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-08-24 A. Miyazaki , P. Spagnolo