Modern RF Measurements with Hot Atoms

Published

April 4, 2022

Author(s)

Aly Artusio-Glimpse, MATTHEW SIMONS, Nik Prajapati, chris holloway

Abstract

Over a hundred years later, the classic antenna, first invented by Heinrich Hertz, in 1888, [1], is still the dominant technology used for the measurement of RF fields. Just seven years after its invention, Guglielmo Marconi applied the antenna to long-distance radio communication and, in the process, transformed the global community into one connected civilization [2]. It is clear that the antenna has been a powerful piece of technology. What reason would we have, then, to use anything different?

Citation

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volume

23

Issue

5

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MMM.2022.3148705

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Keywords

Rydberg atom sensors, RF electric field, RF technology, RF metrology

Citation

Artusio-Glimpse, A. , SIMONS, M. , Prajapati, N. and holloway, C. (2022), Modern RF Measurements with Hot Atoms, IEEE Microwave Magazine, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MMM.2022.3148705, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933623 (Accessed October 13, 2025)