Quantum technology for military applications

M Krelina - EPJ Quantum Technology, 2021 - epjqt.epj.org
Quantum technology is an emergent and potentially disruptive discipline, with the ability to
affect many human activities. Quantum technologies are dual-use technologies, and as such …

Modern RF measurements with hot atoms: A technology review of Rydberg atom-based radio frequency field sensors

A Artusio-Glimpse, MT Simons… - IEEE Microwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over a hundred years later, the classic antenna, first invented by Heinrich Hertz, in 1888,, is
still the dominant technology used for the measurement of RF fields. Just seven years after …

Highly sensitive measurement of a megahertz rf electric field with a Rydberg-atom sensor

B Liu, LH Zhang, ZK Liu, ZY Zhang, ZH Zhu, W Gao… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Rydberg atoms have great potential in electric field measurement and have an advantage
with a large frequency bandwidth from the kHz to the THz scale. However, the sensitivity for …

Deep learning enhanced Rydberg multifrequency microwave recognition

ZK Liu, LH Zhang, B Liu, ZY Zhang, GC Guo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recognition of multifrequency microwave (MW) electric fields is challenging because of the
complex interference of multifrequency fields in practical applications. Rydberg atom-based …

Determining the angle-of-arrival of a radio-frequency source with a Rydberg atom-based sensor

AK Robinson, N Prajapati, D Senic, MT Simons… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we demonstrate the use of a Rydberg atom-based sensor for determining the
angle of arrival of an incident radio frequency (RF) wave or signal. The technique uses …

[HTML][HTML] Continuously tunable radio frequency electrometry with Rydberg atoms

J Hu, H Li, R Song, J Bai, Y Jiao, J Zhao… - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a continuously tunable electric field measurement based on the far off-
resonant AC stark effect in a Rydberg atomic vapor cell. In this configuration, a strong far off …

Rydberg atom electric field sensors for communications and sensing

CT Fancher, DR Scherer, MCS John… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rydberg atom electric field sensors are projected to enable novel capabilities for resilient
communications and sensing. This quantum sensor is small-size, highly sensitive, and …

Rydberg microwave-frequency-comb spectrometer

LH Zhang, ZK Liu, B Liu, ZY Zhang, GC Guo… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
The developing frequency-comb spectral technologies have potential applications and
prospects in the wide fields of cosmology, meteorology, and microwave measurement. Here …

A practical guide to electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic vapor

R Finkelstein, S Bali, O Firstenberg… - New Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This tutorial introduces the theoretical and experimental basics of electromagnetically
induced transparency (EIT) in thermal alkali vapors. We first give a brief phenomenological …

Sensitivity improvement and determination of Rydberg atom-based microwave sensor

M Cai, Z Xu, S You, H Liu - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
We present a theoretical and experimental investigation of the improvement and
determination of the sensitivity of Rydberg atom-based microwave RF sensor. An optical …