Zeeman-resolved Autler-Townes splitting in Rydberg atoms with a tunable RF resonance and a single transition dipole moment

Published

February 21, 2024

Author(s)

Noah Schlossberger, Drew Rotunno, Aly Artusio-Glimpse, Nik Prajapati, Samuel Berweger, Dangka Shylla, Matt Simons, Christopher L. Holloway

Abstract

Applying a magnetic field as a method for tuning the frequency of Autler-Townes splitting for Rydberg electrometry has recently been demonstrated. In this Letter, we provide a theoretical understanding of Rydberg electromechanically-induced-transparency signals of alkali metal atoms in the presence of a large magnetic field, as well as demonstrate some advantages of this technique over traditional Autler-Townes-based electrometry. We show that a strong magnetic field provides a well-defined quantization axis regardless of the optical field polarizations; we demonstrate that by separating the mJ levels of the Rydberg state, we can perform an Autler-Townes splitting with a single participating dipole moment, and we demonstrate recovery of signal strength by populating a single mJ level using circularly polarized light.

Citation

Physical Review A

Volume

109

Issue

2

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

spectroscopy, Rydberg, magnetic field, Zeeman, electrometry, quantum sensing, Autler-Townes

Citation

Schlossberger, N. , Rotunno, D. , Artusio-Glimpse, A. , Prajapati, N. , Berweger, S. , Shylla, D. , Simons, M. and Holloway, C. (2024), Zeeman-resolved Autler-Townes splitting in Rydberg atoms with a tunable RF resonance and a single transition dipole moment, Physical Review A, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.109.L021702 (Accessed October 27, 2025)