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Recently atomic based MW electrometry is experimentally demonstrated and interferometry has been proposed. The proposed interferometry bypasses the conventional, electrical circuit based MW interferometry in much superior fashion. However,…

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The atom-based traceable standard for microwave electrometry shows promising advantages by enabling stable and uniform measurement. Here we theoretically propose and then experimentally realize an alternative direct International System of…

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.…

Applying a magnetic field as a method for tuning the frequency of Autler-Townes splitting for Rydberg electrometry has recently been demonstrated. In this paper we provide a theoretical understanding of EIT signals in the presence of a…

In the regime of Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency, we study the correlated behaviors between the transmission spectra of a pair of probe fields passing through respective parallel one-dimensional cold Rydberg ensembles. Due…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-13 Lei Huang , Peng-fei Wang , Han-xiao Zhang , Yu Zhu , Hong Yang , Dong Yan

We design a phase-sensitive Rydberg-atom interferometry by implementing Floquet electromagnetically induced transparency (FEIT). The FEIT mixes the sidebands of a Rydberg state induced by a MHz radio frequency (RF) field and recombines them…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Yingying Han , Changfa He , Peng Xu , Yanting Zhao , Tao Wang , Weidong Li

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

In this study, we have compared different Rydberg atom-based microwave electrometry techniques under the same experimental conditions and using the same Rydberg states ($68S_{1/2}$, $68P_{3/2}$ and $67P_{3/2}$). The comparison was carried…

We study Rydberg atoms modulated by strong radio-frequency (RF) fields with a frequency of 70 MHz. The Rydberg atoms are prepared in a room temperature cesium cell, and their level structure is probed using electromagnetically induced…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-07-31 Yuechun Jiao , Zhiwei Yang , Jingkui Li , Georg Raithel , Jianming Zhao , Suotang Jia

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

A comprehensive study of three-photon electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) and absorption (EIA) on the rubidium cascade $5S_{1/2} \rightarrow 5P_{3/2}$ (laser wavelength 780~nm), $5P_{3/2} \rightarrow 5D_{5/2}$ (776~nm), and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-01-01 N. Thaicharoen , K. R. Moore , D. A. Anderson , R. C. Powel , E. Peterson , G. Raithel

We propose and demonstrate a novel method for measuring the polarization direction of a microwave electric field in a single measurement using a Rydberg atom-based mixer with two orthogonally polarized local microwave electric fields.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-08-05 Weibo Yin , Jianan Zhang , Fengdong Jia , Yuhan Wang , Yuxiang Wang , Jianhai Hao , Yue Cui , Ya Liu , Zhiping Zhong

Novel sensors that leverage the quantum properties of atoms for measuring propagating electromagnetic fields are becoming increasingly practical for a variety of applications. These sensors rely on the phenomenon of electromagnetically…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Peter Vouras , Bariscan Yonel , Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse

We present a method for simultaneously measuring the phase fronts of three or more RF fields using thermal Rydberg atoms. We demonstrate this method using an all-dielectric atomic electrometer acting in a heterodyne configuration to detect…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-04-21 Alexander Gill , Aaron Buikema , Stephen Sirisky , Hannah Clevenson

We investigate the Autler-Townes splitting for Rydberg atoms dressed with linearly polarized microwave radiation, resonant with generic $S_{1/2}\leftrightarrow{P}_{1/2}$ and $S_{1/2}\leftrightarrow{P}_{3/2}$ transitions. The splitting is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 M. Cloutman , M. Chilcott , A. Elliott , J. S. Otto , A. B. Deb , N. Kjærgaard

We demonstrate a new approach for the metrology of microwave fields based on the trap-loss-spectroscopy of cold Rydberg atoms in a magneto-optical trap. Compared to state-of-the-art sensors using room-temperature vapors, cold atoms allow…

Rydberg atomic electrometry leverages the extreme sensitivity of highly excited atoms for calibration-free electric field measurements. The technique uses a non-metallic vapor cell to link properties of an RF field to a spectroscopic…

Microwave receivers using electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) in Rydberg atoms have recently demonstrated improved sensitivities. It is not evident how their state-of-the-art electric field sensitivities compare to those achieved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-25 Gabriel Santamaria-Botello , Shane Verploegh , Eric Bottomley , Zoya Popovic

Combination of the electromagnetically-induced-transparency (EIT) effect and Rydberg-state atoms has attracted great attention recently due to its potential application in the photon-photon interaction or qubit operation. In this work, we…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-09-04 Bo-Han Wu , Ya-Wen Chuang , Yi-Hsin Chen , Jr-Chiun Yu , Ming-Shien Chang , Ite A. Yu

We present a non-invasive spectroscopic technique to measure electric fields in plasma, leveraging large polarizabilities and Stark shifts of Rydberg atoms. Rydberg Stark shifts are measured with high precision using narrow-linewidth lasers…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Bineet Dash , Xinyan Xiang , Dingkun Feng , Eric Paradis , Georg Raithel