Fundamental linewidth limit of electromagnetically induced transparency in a thermal Rydberg ladder
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| author | Schlossberger, Noah Prajapati, Nikunjkumar Artusio-Glimpse, Alexandra B. Berweger, Samuel Holloway, Christopher L. |
| author_facet | Schlossberger, Noah Prajapati, Nikunjkumar Artusio-Glimpse, Alexandra B. Berweger, Samuel Holloway, Christopher L. |
| contents | Spectroscopy of Rydberg states has become a popular platform for quantum sensing, with the most common readout scheme being two-photon electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) using counter-propagating laser beams. In this scheme, the energy resolution of the Rydberg state is set by the spectral linewidth of the EIT feature. While selection criteria for the two-photon resonance can narrow the linewidth to the order of the Rydberg state decay rate for a single atom, the Doppler shift from thermal velocity of the atoms broadens the ensemble linewidth to the order of the decay rate of the intermediate state. Here, we derive an analytic expression for the Doppler residual lineshape in the low-power limit and corroborate the results with experiment. For Rb, we find the full-width at half-maximum linewidth limit to be 1.84 MHz when scanning the coupling laser and measure an experimental linewidth of 2.04 MHz. These linewidths are around a factor of two narrower than previous theoretical estimates as well as previously reported measured linewidths. With this, we demonstrate the most precise two-photon energy resolution of a Rydberg state in thermal vapor to date. We then map out broadening mechanisms near this limit. |
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| spellingShingle | Fundamental linewidth limit of electromagnetically induced transparency in a thermal Rydberg ladder Schlossberger, Noah Prajapati, Nikunjkumar Artusio-Glimpse, Alexandra B. Berweger, Samuel Holloway, Christopher L. Atomic Physics Spectroscopy of Rydberg states has become a popular platform for quantum sensing, with the most common readout scheme being two-photon electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) using counter-propagating laser beams. In this scheme, the energy resolution of the Rydberg state is set by the spectral linewidth of the EIT feature. While selection criteria for the two-photon resonance can narrow the linewidth to the order of the Rydberg state decay rate for a single atom, the Doppler shift from thermal velocity of the atoms broadens the ensemble linewidth to the order of the decay rate of the intermediate state. Here, we derive an analytic expression for the Doppler residual lineshape in the low-power limit and corroborate the results with experiment. For Rb, we find the full-width at half-maximum linewidth limit to be 1.84 MHz when scanning the coupling laser and measure an experimental linewidth of 2.04 MHz. These linewidths are around a factor of two narrower than previous theoretical estimates as well as previously reported measured linewidths. With this, we demonstrate the most precise two-photon energy resolution of a Rydberg state in thermal vapor to date. We then map out broadening mechanisms near this limit. |
| title | Fundamental linewidth limit of electromagnetically induced transparency in a thermal Rydberg ladder |
| topic | Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04596 |