Microwave electrometry with quantum-limited resolutions in a Rydberg atom array
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| author | Zhang, Yao-Wen Xiang, De-Sheng Liao, Ren Liu, Hao-Xiang Xu, Biao Zhou, Peng Zhou, Yijia Zhang, Kuan Li, Lin |
| author_facet | Zhang, Yao-Wen Xiang, De-Sheng Liao, Ren Liu, Hao-Xiang Xu, Biao Zhou, Peng Zhou, Yijia Zhang, Kuan Li, Lin |
| contents | Microwave (MW) field sensing is foundational to modern technology, yet its evolution, reliant on classical antennas, is constrained by fundamental physical limits on field, temporal, and spatial resolutions. Here, we demonstrate an MW electrometry that simultaneously surpasses these constraints by using individual Rydberg atoms in an optical tweezer array as coherent sensors. This approach achieves a field sensitivity within 13% of the standard quantum limit, a response time that exceeds the Chu limit by more than 11 orders of magnitude, and in-situ near-field mapping with λ/3000 spatial resolution. This work establishes Rydberg-atom arrays as a powerful platform that unites quantum-limited sensitivity, nanosecond-scale response time, and sub-micrometer resolution, opening new avenues in quantum metrology and precision electromagnetic field imaging. |
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| spellingShingle | Microwave electrometry with quantum-limited resolutions in a Rydberg atom array Zhang, Yao-Wen Xiang, De-Sheng Liao, Ren Liu, Hao-Xiang Xu, Biao Zhou, Peng Zhou, Yijia Zhang, Kuan Li, Lin Atomic Physics Quantum Physics Microwave (MW) field sensing is foundational to modern technology, yet its evolution, reliant on classical antennas, is constrained by fundamental physical limits on field, temporal, and spatial resolutions. Here, we demonstrate an MW electrometry that simultaneously surpasses these constraints by using individual Rydberg atoms in an optical tweezer array as coherent sensors. This approach achieves a field sensitivity within 13% of the standard quantum limit, a response time that exceeds the Chu limit by more than 11 orders of magnitude, and in-situ near-field mapping with λ/3000 spatial resolution. This work establishes Rydberg-atom arrays as a powerful platform that unites quantum-limited sensitivity, nanosecond-scale response time, and sub-micrometer resolution, opening new avenues in quantum metrology and precision electromagnetic field imaging. |
| title | Microwave electrometry with quantum-limited resolutions in a Rydberg atom array |
| topic | Atomic Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05413 |