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Main Authors: Ji, Ning, Liang, Yanzhao, Yu, Wanrang, Yin, Qiuyu, Vogt, Thibault
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14263
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author Ji, Ning
Liang, Yanzhao
Yu, Wanrang
Yin, Qiuyu
Vogt, Thibault
author_facet Ji, Ning
Liang, Yanzhao
Yu, Wanrang
Yin, Qiuyu
Vogt, Thibault
contents We perform a numerical and analytical investigation of microwave-to-optical conversion based on four-wave mixing in Rydberg atoms. Our work demonstrates that both all-resonant and off-resonant frequency-mixing configurations achieve near-unit photon conversion efficiencies. We review the conditions that can lead to the presence of two possible dark states. We find that for both configurations, one of the dark states can be detrimental at high microwave powers, and show that an additional limitation to all-resonant frequency mixing is microwave-induced fluorescence. Finally, we confirm that the off-resonant configuration is more appropriate as it allows for efficient photon conversion on a wider range of input microwave intensities with reduced total power of the auxiliary fields.
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spellingShingle Optimizing Four-Wave Mixing in Rydberg Atoms for Microwave-Optical Conversion
Ji, Ning
Liang, Yanzhao
Yu, Wanrang
Yin, Qiuyu
Vogt, Thibault
Atomic Physics
We perform a numerical and analytical investigation of microwave-to-optical conversion based on four-wave mixing in Rydberg atoms. Our work demonstrates that both all-resonant and off-resonant frequency-mixing configurations achieve near-unit photon conversion efficiencies. We review the conditions that can lead to the presence of two possible dark states. We find that for both configurations, one of the dark states can be detrimental at high microwave powers, and show that an additional limitation to all-resonant frequency mixing is microwave-induced fluorescence. Finally, we confirm that the off-resonant configuration is more appropriate as it allows for efficient photon conversion on a wider range of input microwave intensities with reduced total power of the auxiliary fields.
title Optimizing Four-Wave Mixing in Rydberg Atoms for Microwave-Optical Conversion
topic Atomic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14263