A Rydberg Atom Electric Field Sensor

Abstract

The overarching goal of this work was to demonstrate the advantages and possibilities of Rydberg atom-based sensors for radio-frequency electric fields. By exploiting the exaggerated and tunable properties of highly excited Rydberg atoms and Rydberg atom electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), we were able to show that Rydberg atoms can be used as absolute, self-calibrated sensors for radio-frequency electric fields in the 1-1000 GHz regime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 2017
Accession Number
AD1056039

Entities

People

  • James P. Shaffer

Organizations

  • University of Oklahoma

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Modulation
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Optics
  • Photonics
  • Photons
  • Physics
  • Polaritons
  • Radio Frequency
  • Rydberg Atoms
  • Shot Noise
  • Spectroscopy
  • Standing Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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