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Rydberg atom arrays have emerged as a leading platform for quantum information science. Reaching system sizes of hundreds of long-lived qubits, these arrays are used for highly coherent analog quantum simulation, as well as digital quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 Shraddha Anand , Conor E. Bradley , Ryan White , Vikram Ramesh , Kevin Singh , Hannes Bernien

Recent advances in Rydberg atom electrometry detail promising applications in radio frequency (RF) communications. Presently, most applications use carrier frequencies greater than 1~GHz where resonant Autler-Townes splitting provides the…

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

This paper investigates a fluid reconfigurable intelligent surface (FRIS)-assisted Rydberg Atomic REceiver (RARE) architecture under magnitude-only heterodyne readout. We show that, unlike conventional coherent systems, the optimal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Hong-Bae Jeon , Kai-Kit Wong , Chan-Byoung Chae

We realize and model a Rydberg-state atom interferometer for measurement of phase and intensity of radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic waves. A phase reference is supplied to the atoms via a modulated laser beam, enabling atomic…

In this paper, we investigate a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) framework equipped with multiple Rydberg atomic receiver (RAR)-aided users. By leveraging the reference-assisted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-13 Hong-Bae Jeon , Chan-Byoung Chae

Rydberg atom-based electric field sensing can provide all-optical readout of radio frequency fields in a dielectric environment. However, because a single set of optical fields is typically used to prepare the Rydberg state and read out its…

This paper presents the Quantum-Power pROfile Based Estimation (PROBE) framework, a Rydberg Atomic Receiver (RARE)-based multi-user angle-of-arrival (AoA) estimation approach equipped with a radio-frequency (RF) lens front end. We establish…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Hong-Bae Jeon , Kaibin Huang , Chan-Byoung Chae

In this work, we demonstrate the use of a Rydberg atom-based sensor for determining the angle-of-arrival of an incident radio-frequency (RF) wave or signal. The technique uses electromagnetically induced transparency in Rydberg atomic vapor…

Rydberg atom arrays are a leading platform for quantum computing and simulation, combining strong interactions with highly coherent operations and flexible geometries. However, the achievable fidelities are limited by the finite lifetime of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Sam R. Cohen , Jeff D. Thompson

A candidate for converting quantum information from microwave to optical frequencies is the use of a single atom that interacts with a superconducting microwave resonator on one hand and an optical cavity on the other. The large electric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-26 Bryan T. Gard , Kurt Jacobs , R. McDermott , M. Saffman

Beamforming is conventionally understood as a collective property of many discrete antenna elements in both communication and radar fields, which links angular selectivity to array size, element spacing, and band-specific hardware. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Mingyao Cui , Qunsong Zeng , Minze Chen , Yilin Wang , Zhiao Zhu , Tianqi Mao , Dezhi Zheng , Kaibin Huang , Jun Zhang

We theoretically study a scheme to develop an atomic based MW interferometry using the Rydberg states in Rb. Unlike the traditional MW interferometry, this scheme is not based upon the electrical circuits, hence the sensitivity of the phase…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Dangka Shylla , Elijah Ogaro , Kanhaiya Pandey

Configurable arrays of optically trapped Rydberg atoms are a versatile platform for quantum computation and quantum simulation, also allowing controllable decoherence. We demonstrate theoretically, that they also enable proof-of-principle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-06 Kaustav Mukherjee , Johannes Schachenmayer , Shannon Whitlock , Sebastian Wüster

We introduce a novel method to engineer sharply peaked, distance-selective interactions between neutral atoms by exploiting interaction-induced resonances within a resonantly driven Rydberg ladder system. By tuning laser parameters, a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-24 Mohammadsadegh Khazali

Measurement sensitivity is one of the critical indicators for Rydberg atomic radio receivers. This work quantitatively studies the relationship between the atomic superheterodyne receiver's sensitivity and the number of atoms involved in…

Rydberg atoms provide a highly promising platform for quantum computation, leveraging their strong tunable interactions to encode and manipulate information in the electronic states of individual atoms. Key advantages of Rydberg atoms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 Gabriel Almeida , Raul Santos , Lara Janiurek , Yasser Omar

We present a self-calibrating, SI-traceable broadband Rydberg-atom-based radio-frequency (RF) electric field probe (the Rydberg Field Probe or RFP) and measurement instrument (Rydberg Field Measurement System or RFMS). The RFMS comprises an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-08-12 David Alexander Anderson , Rachel Elizabeth Sapiro , Georg Raithel

We propose and demonstrate a modulation transfer protocol to increase the detection sensitivity of a Rydberg RF receiver to fields out of resonance from the transition between Rydberg levels. This protocol is based on a phase modulation of…

Individually trapped Rydberg atoms show significant promise as a platform for scalable quantum simulation and for development of programmable quantum computers. In particular, the Rydberg blockade effect can be used to facilitate both fast…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Valerio Crescimanna , Jacob Taylor , Aaron Z. Goldberg , Khabat Heshami