June 1, 2025
      
                  
        
  Author(s)
  Charles  Patrick,   Noah  Schlossberger,   Daniel  Hammerland,   Nikunjkumar  Prajapati,   Tate  McDonald,   Samuel  Berweger,   Rajavardhan  Talashila,   Alexandra  Artusio-Glimpse,   Christopher  Holloway
 
       
            
    
    
        We demonstrate the imaging of localized surface electric (E) field effects on the atomic spectrum in a vapor cell used in Rydberg atom-based sensors. These surface E-fields can result from an induced electric charge distribution on the surface. Induced