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Resonant continuous radio frequency field detection using Rydberg atoms

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Abstract

High-sensitivity Rydberg atom-based field sensing using electromagnetically induced transparency and Autler-Townes (AT) splitting requires a resonant radio frequency (RF) transition, limiting the effective bandwidth. In this work, we demonstrate that an additional adjacent resonant Rydberg tuner (ARRT) RF field can be used to improve sensitivity to far-detuned fields beyond that achievable by stark shift-based detection. Together with a theoretical analysis we show how this sensitivity improvement depends on the Rabi frequency and frequency detuning of the ARRT field. This approach provides sufficient bandwidth to link nearby Rydberg states for continuous frequency detection and thus overcomes bandwidth limitations associated with AT splitting-based approaches.

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Publication: PHYSICAL REVIEW A 104, 032824 (2021)

Presenters

  • Samuel Berweger

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Tech

Authors

  • Samuel Berweger

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Tech

  • Alexandra B Artusio-Glimpse

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Nikunjkumar Prajapati

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Eric Imhof

    Northrop Grumman Corporation

  • Steven R Jefferts

    Northrup Grumman Corporation

  • Robert Wyllie

    Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech Research Institute

  • Brian C Sawyer

    Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech Research Institute

  • Thad G Walker

    Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Christopher L Holloway

    National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Matthew T Simons

    National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder, National Institute of Standards and Technology