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| author | Borówka, Sebastian Mazelanik, Mateusz Wasilewski, Wojciech Parniak, Michał |
| author_facet | Borówka, Sebastian Mazelanik, Mateusz Wasilewski, Wojciech Parniak, Michał |
| contents | The coupling of Rydberg vapour medium to both microwave and optical fields allows harnessing the merits of all-optical detection, e.g. weak disruption of the measured field and invulnerability to extremely strong fields, owing to the lack of a conventional antenna in the detector. However, the highest sensitivity in this approach is typically achieved by introducing an additional microwave field acting as a local oscillator, thereby compromising the all-optical nature of the measurement. Here we propose an alternative method, optical-bias detection, that allows truly all-optical operation, while retaining exceptional sensitivity. We tackle the issue of laser phase noise, emerging in this type of detection, via a simultaneous measurement of the laser phase noise in a nonlinear process and real-time data processing, which overall yields an improvement of $35\ \mathrm{dB}$ in terms of signal-to-noise ratio compared with the basic approach. We report the sensitivity of $176\ \mathrm{nV/cm/\sqrt{Hz}}$ and reliable operation up to $3.5\ \mathrm{mV/cm}$ of $13.9\ \mathrm{GHz}$ electric field. We also demonstrate a quadrature-amplitude modulated data transmission, underlining the capability of the system to detect quadratures of the microwave field. This approach is thus directly comparable to the state-of-the-art superheterodyne, while retaining the merits of all-optical detection. |
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| spellingShingle | Optically-biased Rydberg microwave receiver enabled by hybrid nonlinear interferometry Borówka, Sebastian Mazelanik, Mateusz Wasilewski, Wojciech Parniak, Michał Atomic Physics Optics Quantum Physics The coupling of Rydberg vapour medium to both microwave and optical fields allows harnessing the merits of all-optical detection, e.g. weak disruption of the measured field and invulnerability to extremely strong fields, owing to the lack of a conventional antenna in the detector. However, the highest sensitivity in this approach is typically achieved by introducing an additional microwave field acting as a local oscillator, thereby compromising the all-optical nature of the measurement. Here we propose an alternative method, optical-bias detection, that allows truly all-optical operation, while retaining exceptional sensitivity. We tackle the issue of laser phase noise, emerging in this type of detection, via a simultaneous measurement of the laser phase noise in a nonlinear process and real-time data processing, which overall yields an improvement of $35\ \mathrm{dB}$ in terms of signal-to-noise ratio compared with the basic approach. We report the sensitivity of $176\ \mathrm{nV/cm/\sqrt{Hz}}$ and reliable operation up to $3.5\ \mathrm{mV/cm}$ of $13.9\ \mathrm{GHz}$ electric field. We also demonstrate a quadrature-amplitude modulated data transmission, underlining the capability of the system to detect quadratures of the microwave field. This approach is thus directly comparable to the state-of-the-art superheterodyne, while retaining the merits of all-optical detection. |
| title | Optically-biased Rydberg microwave receiver enabled by hybrid nonlinear interferometry |
| topic | Atomic Physics Optics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05310 |