Two-dimensional imaging of electromagnetic fields via light sheet fluorescence imaging with Rydberg atoms

Fuente: arXiv
Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Schlossberger, Noah, McDonald, Tate, Su, Kevin, Talashila, Rajavardhan, Behary, Robert, Patrick, Charles L., Hammerland, Daniel, Mikhailov, Eugeniy E., Aubin, Seth, Novikova, Irina, Holloway, Christopher L., Prajapati, Nikunjkumar
Formato: Preprint
Publicado: 2024
Materias:
Acceso en línea:
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
_version_ 1866917099056660480
author Schlossberger, Noah
McDonald, Tate
Su, Kevin
Talashila, Rajavardhan
Behary, Robert
Patrick, Charles L.
Hammerland, Daniel
Mikhailov, Eugeniy E.
Aubin, Seth
Novikova, Irina
Holloway, Christopher L.
Prajapati, Nikunjkumar
author_facet Schlossberger, Noah
McDonald, Tate
Su, Kevin
Talashila, Rajavardhan
Behary, Robert
Patrick, Charles L.
Hammerland, Daniel
Mikhailov, Eugeniy E.
Aubin, Seth
Novikova, Irina
Holloway, Christopher L.
Prajapati, Nikunjkumar
contents The ability to image electromagnetic fields holds key scientific and industrial applications, including electromagnetic compatibility, diagnostics of high-frequency devices, and experimental scientific work involving field interactions. Generally electric and magnetic field measurements require conductive elements which significantly distort the field. However, electromagnetic fields can be measured without altering the field via the shift they induce on Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapor, which are highly sensitive to electric fields. Previous field measurements using Rydberg atoms utilized electromagnetically induced transparency to read out the shift on the states induced by the fields, but did not provide spatial resolution. In this work, we demonstrate that electromagnetically induced transparency can be spatially resolved by imaging the fluorescence of the atoms. We demonstrate that this can be used to image $\sim$ V/cm scale electric fields in the DC-GHz range and $\sim$ mT scale static magnetic fields, with minimal distortion to the fields. We also demonstrate the ability to image $\sim$ 5 mV/cm scale fields for resonant microwave radiation and measure standing waves generated by the partial reflection of the vapor cell walls in this regime. With additional processing techniques like lock-in detection, we predict that our sensitivities could reach down to nV/cm levels. We perform this field imaging with a spatial resolution of 160 $μ$m, limited by our imaging system, and estimate the fundamental resolution limitation to be 5 $μ$m.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2412_12568
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Two-dimensional imaging of electromagnetic fields via light sheet fluorescence imaging with Rydberg atoms
Schlossberger, Noah
McDonald, Tate
Su, Kevin
Talashila, Rajavardhan
Behary, Robert
Patrick, Charles L.
Hammerland, Daniel
Mikhailov, Eugeniy E.
Aubin, Seth
Novikova, Irina
Holloway, Christopher L.
Prajapati, Nikunjkumar
Atomic Physics
Applied Physics
The ability to image electromagnetic fields holds key scientific and industrial applications, including electromagnetic compatibility, diagnostics of high-frequency devices, and experimental scientific work involving field interactions. Generally electric and magnetic field measurements require conductive elements which significantly distort the field. However, electromagnetic fields can be measured without altering the field via the shift they induce on Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapor, which are highly sensitive to electric fields. Previous field measurements using Rydberg atoms utilized electromagnetically induced transparency to read out the shift on the states induced by the fields, but did not provide spatial resolution. In this work, we demonstrate that electromagnetically induced transparency can be spatially resolved by imaging the fluorescence of the atoms. We demonstrate that this can be used to image $\sim$ V/cm scale electric fields in the DC-GHz range and $\sim$ mT scale static magnetic fields, with minimal distortion to the fields. We also demonstrate the ability to image $\sim$ 5 mV/cm scale fields for resonant microwave radiation and measure standing waves generated by the partial reflection of the vapor cell walls in this regime. With additional processing techniques like lock-in detection, we predict that our sensitivities could reach down to nV/cm levels. We perform this field imaging with a spatial resolution of 160 $μ$m, limited by our imaging system, and estimate the fundamental resolution limitation to be 5 $μ$m.
title Two-dimensional imaging of electromagnetic fields via light sheet fluorescence imaging with Rydberg atoms
topic Atomic Physics
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12568