Multichannel, ultra-wideband Rydberg Electrometry with an Optical Frequency Comb

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Hauptverfasser: Prajapati, Nikunjkumar, Long, David A., Artusio-Glimpse, Alexandra B., Bresler, Sean M., Holloway, Christopher L.
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author Prajapati, Nikunjkumar
Long, David A.
Artusio-Glimpse, Alexandra B.
Bresler, Sean M.
Holloway, Christopher L.
author_facet Prajapati, Nikunjkumar
Long, David A.
Artusio-Glimpse, Alexandra B.
Bresler, Sean M.
Holloway, Christopher L.
contents While Rydberg atoms have shown tremendous potential to serve as accurate and sensitive detectors of microwaves and millimeter waves, their response is generally limited to a single narrow frequency band around a chosen microwave transition. As a result, their potential to serve as agile and wideband electromagnetic receivers has not been fully realized. Here we demonstrate the use of a mid-infrared, frequency agile optical frequency comb as the coupling laser for three-photon Rydberg atom electrometry. This approach allows us to simultaneously prepare as many as seven individual Rydberg states, allowing for multichannel detection across a frequency range from 1 GHz to 40 GHz. The generality and flexibility of this method for wideband multiplexing is anticipated to have transformative effects in the field of Rydberg electrometry, paving the way for advanced information coding and arbitrary signal detection.
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spellingShingle Multichannel, ultra-wideband Rydberg Electrometry with an Optical Frequency Comb
Prajapati, Nikunjkumar
Long, David A.
Artusio-Glimpse, Alexandra B.
Bresler, Sean M.
Holloway, Christopher L.
Atomic Physics
Optics
Quantum Physics
While Rydberg atoms have shown tremendous potential to serve as accurate and sensitive detectors of microwaves and millimeter waves, their response is generally limited to a single narrow frequency band around a chosen microwave transition. As a result, their potential to serve as agile and wideband electromagnetic receivers has not been fully realized. Here we demonstrate the use of a mid-infrared, frequency agile optical frequency comb as the coupling laser for three-photon Rydberg atom electrometry. This approach allows us to simultaneously prepare as many as seven individual Rydberg states, allowing for multichannel detection across a frequency range from 1 GHz to 40 GHz. The generality and flexibility of this method for wideband multiplexing is anticipated to have transformative effects in the field of Rydberg electrometry, paving the way for advanced information coding and arbitrary signal detection.
title Multichannel, ultra-wideband Rydberg Electrometry with an Optical Frequency Comb
topic Atomic Physics
Optics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06019