Enhanced electric field sensitivity of rf-dressed Rydberg dark states

2009/06/30 by Mark G. Bason, M. G. Bason, Монсит Танаситтикосол +8 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Atomic physics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Electric field #Electromagnetically induced transparency #Field (mathematics) #Ion #Ionization #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Radio frequency #Rydberg formula #Sensitivity (control systems) #Thermal #physics.atom-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/12/6/065015

10 pages, 5 figures

arxiv created 2009/10/30 · openalex publication_date 2010/06/28 · arxiv updated 2015/05/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Optical detection of Rydberg states using electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) enables continuous measurement of electric fields in a confined geometry. In this paper, we demonstrate the formation of radio frequency (rf)-dressed EIT resonances in a thermal Rb vapour and show that such states exhibit enhanced sensitivity to dc electric fields compared to their bare counterparts. Fitting the corresponding EIT profile enables precise measurements of the dc field independent of laser frequency fluctuations. Our results suggest that space charges within the enclosed cell reduce electric field inhomogeneities within the interaction region.

Citations

• Quantum Gates and Multiparticle Entanglement by Rydberg Excitation Blockade and Adiabatic Passage
• Electromagnetically induced transparency: Optics in coherent media
• Observation of Stückelberg oscillations in dipole-dipole interactions
• Renormalized Polyakov loops in many representations

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