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most citedContinuous radio frequency electric-field detection through adjacent Rydberg resonance tuning

81 citations · 464 across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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36 papers

physics.atom-ph2026

Vapor-Cell-Induced Uncertainty in Rydberg Atom Measurements via the Electric-Field Volume-Integral-Equation Method

Martin Stumpf, William J. Watterson, Rajavardhan Talashila +5

Electromagnetic scattering effects of a vapor cell on electric-field measurements using Rydberg atom-based sensors are analyzed with the aid of the volume integral equation method.…

eess.SP2026

Doppler Tomography Using Rydberg Sensors

Peter Vouras, Bariscan Yonel, Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse

Novel sensors that leverage the quantum properties of atoms for measuring propagating electromagnetic fields are becoming increasingly practical for a variety of applications. Thes…

physics.atom-ph2026

MHz to sub-kHz field detection with an all-dielectric potassium Rydberg-atom sensor

Daniel Hammerland, Rajavardhan Talashila, Dixith Manchaiah +8

Rydberg sensors have significant promise as an alternative to the antenna systems used for sub-MHz frequency communications, where the scale of high-efficiency antennas is often im…

physics.atom-ph2026

Fundamental linewidth limit of electromagnetically induced transparency in a thermal Rydberg ladder

Noah Schlossberger, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse +2

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…

physics.atom-ph2025

Sensitivity Comparison of Rydberg Atom-Based Radio-Frequency Electric Field Detection: Ionization Current Versus Optical Readout

Dangka Shylla, Rajavardhan Talashila, Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse +7

We investigate a technique for detecting radio-frequency (RF) electric fields in a Cesium (Cs) vapor cell at room temperature by collecting charge from ionized Rydberg atoms and co…

physics.optics2025

Optimizing Vapor Cells for Rydberg Atom-Based Electrometer Applications

Dhriti Maurya, Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse, Adil Meraki +2

We present a comprehensive numerical investigation into the radio frequency (RF) field behavior within miniaturized all-glass and hybrid vapor cell geometries designed for Rydberg…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 3 cited

An Imaging Radar Using a Rydberg Atom Receiver

William J. Watterson, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Rodrigo Castillo-Garza +5

Rydberg atoms in a gas form are highly sensitive electric field probes capable of detecting and measuring the amplitude, phase, and polarization of broadband time-varying signals.…

physics.atom-ph2025

Batch-fabrication of all-dielectric vapor cells enabling optically addressed Rydberg atom electrometry

Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, Adil Meraki, Hunter Shillingburg +8

Millimeter-scale atomic vapor cells can be accurately and economically batch-fabricated by anodically bonding silicon and glass wafers, enabling the manufacturing of miniature atom…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 8 cited

Determining angle of arrival of radio frequency fields using subwavelength, amplitude-only measurements of standing waves in a Rydberg atom sensor

Rajavardhan Talashila, William J. Watterson, Benjamin L. Moser +6

Deep subwavelength RF imaging with atomic Rydberg sensors has overcome fundamental limitations of traditional antennas and enabled ultra-wideband detection of omni-directional time…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 13 cited

Imaging of induced surface charge distribution effects in glass vapor cells used for Rydberg atom-based sensors

Link Patrick, Noah Schlossberger, Daniel F. Hammerland +6

We demonstrate the imaging of localized surface electric (E) field effects on the atomic spectrum in a vapor cell used in Rydberg atom-based sensors. These surface E-fields can res…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 18 cited

Primary quantum thermometry of mm-wave blackbody radiation via induced state transfer in Rydberg states of cold atoms

Noah Schlossberger, Andrew P. Rotunno, Stephen P. Eckel +14

Rydberg states of alkali atoms are highly sensitive to electromagnetic radiation in the GHz-to-THz regime because their transitions have large electric dipole moments. Consequently…

physics.atom-ph2024

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

Nikunjkumar Prajapati, David A. Long, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse +2

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…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 1 cited

Revisiting collisional broadening of Rb Rydberg levels: conclusions for vapor cell manufacture

Mingxin Lei, Stephen P. Eckel, Eric B. Norrgard +4

Electrometry based on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in alkali Rydberg vapor cells may suffer reduced sensitivity due to spurious line broadening effects, caused by…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 12 cited

Observation of Asymmetric Sideband Generation in Strongly-driven Rydberg Atoms

Dangka Shylla, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Andrew P. Rotunno +7

Improving the bandwidth of Rydberg atom-based receivers is an ongoing challenge owing to the long-lived Rydberg state lifetimes that limit the refresh rate of ground state atoms. I…

physics.atom-ph2024

Increased instantaneous bandwidth of Rydberg atom electrometry with an optical frequency comb probe

Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, David A. Long, Sean M. Bresler +8

We show that the use of an optical frequency comb probe leads to dramatically improved bandwidth (as high as 12+/-1 MHz) for the detection of modulated radio frequencies in Rydberg…

physics.atom-ph2024

Independent Rydberg Atom Sensing using a Dual-Ladder Scheme

Samuel Berweger, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, Nikunjkumar Prajapati +6

Rydberg atom-based electric field sensing can provide all-optical readout of radio frequency fields in a dielectric environment. However, because a single set of optical fields is…

quant-ph2024★ 17 cited

Investigation of fluorescence versus transmission readout for three-photon Rydberg excitation used in electrometry

Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Samuel Berweger, Andrew P. Rotunno +9

We present a three-photon based fluorescence readout method where the strength of the fluorescence scales with the strength of the radio-frequency (RF) field being applied. We comp…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 8 cited

High angular momentum coupling for enhanced Rydberg-atom sensing in the VHF band

Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Jakob W. Kunzler, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse +7

Recent advances in Rydberg atom electrometry detail promising applications in radio frequency (RF) communications. Presently, most applications use carrier frequencies greater than…

physics.atom-ph2023

EIT spectra of Rydberg atoms dressed with dual-tone radio-frequency fields

Maitreyi Jayaseelan, Andrew P. Rotunno, Nikunjkumar Prajapati +4

We examine spectral signatures of Rydberg atoms driven with near-resonant dual-tone radio-frequency (RF) fields in the regime of strong driving. We experimentally demonstrate and t…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 9 cited

Inverse Transform Sampling for Efficient Doppler-Averaged Spectroscopy Simulations

Andrew P. Rotunno, Amy K. Robinson, Nikunjkumar Prajapati +4

We present a thermal velocity sampling method for calculating Doppler-broadened atomic spectra, which more efficiently reaches a smooth limit than regular velocity weighted samplin…

eess.SP2023

Phase Retrieval for Rydberg Quantum Arrays

Peter Vouras, Kumar Vijay Mishra, Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse

Rydberg-aided atomic electrometry using alkali-metal atoms is gaining increased research interest for detecting external electric fields. However, the inability of Rydberg probes t…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 15 cited

Detection of HF and VHF Fields through Floquet Sideband Gaps by `Rabi Matching' Dressed Rydberg Atoms

Andrew P. Rotunno, Samuel Berweger, Nikunjkumar Prajapati +6

Radio frequencies in the HF and VHF (3 MHz to 300 MHz) bands are challenging for Rydberg atom-based detection schemes, as resonant detection requires exciting the atoms to extremel…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 2 cited

Phase-Resolved Rydberg Atom Field Sensing using Quantum Interferometry

Samuel Berweger, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, Andrew P. Rotunno +5

Although Rydberg atom-based electric field sensing provides key advantages over traditional antenna-based detection, it remains limited by the need for a local oscillator (LO) for…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 35 cited

Sensitivity Comparison of Two-photon vs Three-photon Rydberg Electrometry

Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Narayan Bhusal, Andrew P. Rotunno +7

We investigate the sensitivity of three-photon EIT in Rydberg atoms to radio frequency detection and compare it against conventional two-photon systems. Specifically, we model the…