Continuous radio-frequency electric-field detection through adjacent Rydberg resonance tuning

Published

September 24, 2021

Author(s)

MATTHEW SIMONS, Aly Artusio-Glimpse, chris holloway, Eric Imhof, Steven Jefferts, Robert Wyllie, Brian Sawyer, Thad Walker

Abstract

We demonstrate the use of multiple atomic-level Rydberg-atom schemes for continuous frequency detection of radio-frequency (RF) fields. Resonant detection of RF fields by electromagnetically induced transparency and Autler-Townes (AT) splitting in Rydberg atoms is typically limited to frequencies within the narrow bandwidth of a Rydberg transition. By applying a second field resonant with an adjacent Rydberg transition, far-detuned fields can be detected through a two-photon resonance AT splitting. This two-photon AT splitting method is several orders of magnitude more sensitive than off-resonant detection using the Stark shift. We present the results of various experimental configurations and a theoretical analysis to illustrate the effectiveness of this multiple level scheme. These results show that this approach allows for the detection of frequencies in a continuous band between resonances with adjacent Rydberg states.

Citation

Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)

Volume

104

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.104.032824

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Keywords

Rydberg, RF Field Strength

Citation

SIMONS, M. , Artusio-Glimpse, A. , holloway, C. , Imhof, E. , Jefferts, S. , Wyllie, R. , Sawyer, B. and Walker, T. (2021), Continuous radio-frequency electric-field detection through adjacent Rydberg resonance tuning, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.104.032824, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=932339 (Accessed October 9, 2025)