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The phenomenon of confinement is well known in high-energy physics and can also be realized for low-energy domain-wall excitations in one-dimensional quantum spin chains. A bound state consisting of two domain-walls can behave like a meson,…

An optical transmitter that uses entangled light generated by spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC), in conjunction with an optimal quantum-optical receiver (whose implementation is not yet known) is in principle capable of obtaining…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-17 Saikat Guha

High-sensitivity measurements of the microwave electric field are important in applications of communication and metrology. \replaced{The sensitivity of traditional Rydberg superheterodyne receivers in free space is effectively determined…

Atomic-vapor sensors based on Rydberg atoms now face a transition towards practical applications, with several outstanding challenges. To achieve the best sensitivities, a superheterodyne mode of operation is desired, which requires the…

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

Coupling electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom of Rydberg atoms held in optical tweezer arrays offers a flexible mechanism for creating and controlling atom-atom interactions. We find that the state-dependent coupling between…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-02-05 Filippo Maria Gambetta , Weibin Li , Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler , Igor Lesanovsky

One of the most fascinating aspects of quantum mechanics is the principle impossibility of deterministic errorless discrimination of nonorthogonal signals, such as coherent states. On the one hand, it prevents perfect cloning of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-10 Denis Sych , Gerd Leuchs

The electric field measurement sensitivity based on the Rydberg atomic vapor cell has great theoretical advantages over traditional dipole antennas. We combine the Rydberg atomic heterodyne receiver and the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI)…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-09-29 Shanchi Wu , Chen Gong , Rui Ni

Radio communication through attenuating media necessitates the use of very-low frequency (VLF) and ultra-low frequency (ULF) carrier bands, which are frequently used in underwater and under-ground communication applications. Quantum sensing…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-03-09 Stuart J. Ingleby , Iain C. Chalmers , Terry E. Dyer , Paul F. Griffin , Erling Riis

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

The data transfer capacity of a communication channel is limited by the Shannon-Hartley theorem and scales as $\text{log}_2(1 + \text{SNR})$ for a single channel with the power signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). We implement an array of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-22 J. Susanne Otto , Marisol K. Hunter , Niels Kjærgaard , Amita B. Deb

A novel photonics-based RF reception approach is proposed as a competitive solution to meet the current challenges of photonic-based approaches and to realize high performances at the same time. The proposed approach adopts the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-08-16 Guangyu Gao , Qijun Liang , Ziyu Liu , Huanfa Peng , Qiang Zhao , Naijin Liu

Radio frequency antennas based on Rydberg atom vapor cells can in principle reach sensitivities beyond those of any wire antenna, especially at lower frequencies where long wires are needed to accommodate a growing wavelength. They also…

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We demonstrate Rydberg atom-based radio frequency sensing with a colinear three-photon scheme in a room temperature cesium vapor cell that minimizes residual Doppler broadening of the probe laser absorption feature. A sub-200 kHz spectral…

We demonstrate the ability to receive live color analog television and video game signals with the use of the Rydberg atom receiver. The typical signal expected for traditional 480i NSTC format video signals requires a bandwidth of over 3…

Low-frequency (LF) wireless communications play a crucial role in ensuring anti-interference, long-range, and efficient communication across various environments. However, in conventional LF communication systems, their antenna size is…

The Ambient IoT (A-IoT) will introduce trillions of connections and enable low-cost battery-less devices. The A-IoT nodes can achieve low cost ($\sim\$ 0.1$ like RFID tag), sub-1mW average power consumption, $\leq 10$ kbps data rates,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-23 Yuxiao Zhao , Zhen Shen , Shiyu Li , Jing Feng , Hao Min

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

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

This article investigates signal estimation in wireless transmission (i.e., receive combining) from the perspective of statistical machine learning, where the transmit signals may be from an integrated sensing and communication system; that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-25 Shixiong Wang , Wei Dai , Geoffrey Ye Li