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

18 citations · 58 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.atom-ph2026

Achieving a long lifetime synchronized state in a thermal vapor Rydberg time crystal

William J. Watterson, Dixith Manchaiah, Christopher L. Holloway

Time crystals are a unique and recently discovered state of matter in which time-translational symmetry is spontaneously broken. Although this state has been observed across a vari…

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.…

physics.atom-ph2026

Resolving magnetic-sublevel structure in Rydberg Autler-Townes spectra with arbitrary RF polarization

Noah Schlossberger, Rajavardhan Talashila, Stone B. Oliver +3

We investigate the role of magnetic sublevels in Autler-Townes spectra of Rydberg atoms driven by radio-frequency (RF) fields with arbitrary polarization. While conventional treatm…

physics.atom-ph2026

Frequency Comb Behavior of Time Crystals in an RF-Driven Dissipative Rydberg System

Dixith Manchaiah, William J. Watterson, Christopher L. Holloway

Driven nonlinear oscillators constitute a universal paradigm for understanding synchronization, frequency pulling, and frequency comb formation in nonequilibrium systems. Here, we…

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★ 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-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★ 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…

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…