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Dataset presenting improved bandwidth in Rydberg atom electrometry with an optical frequency comb probe

Metadata Updated: July 9, 2025

Rydberg atom-based receivers of modulated radio frequency (RF) fields are promising systems for measurements. These systems are self-calibrating, widely tunable, nearly transparent to RF fields, and can be electrically small. However, the instantaneous bandwidth of current Rydberg atom receivers is typically less than 1 MHz. Using two-photon electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) to observe the 56D5/2 Rydberg state in cesium, we measure modulation sidebands on each tooth in a probe optical frequency comb that spans the D2 F=4-F'=5 transition resulting from transmission modulation of the probe beam. This transmission modulation occurs from changes in susceptibility of the room temperature cesium vapor as two RF fields impinge on the atoms. A strong RF local oscillator is resonant with the 56D-57P state and mixes with a weak RF signal field detuned from the RF LO by an intermediate frequency. Using a self-heterodyned electro-optic comb setup, we separate positive and negative sideband amplitudes and compare to an equivalent comb-free system. These data report EIT measurement with the comb system, local spectra around two comb teeth - one within and one outside the EIT line, and normalized minimum detectable RF signal field as a function of RF intermediate frequency used to evaluate the instantaneous bandwidth of the single frequency, positive sideband, and negative sideband datasets.

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https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.17942

Dates

Metadata Created Date March 12, 2024
Metadata Updated Date July 9, 2025

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Harvested from NIST

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date March 12, 2024
Metadata Updated Date July 9, 2025
Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
Maintainer
Identifier ark:/88434/mds2-3159
Data First Published 2024-02-26
Language en
Data Last Modified 2024-02-01 00:00:00
Category Physics:Atomic, molecular, and quantum, Physics:Optical physics, Advanced Communications:Wireless (RF), Advanced Communications:Quantum communications
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 006:55
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Harvest Source Id 74e175d9-66b3-4323-ac98-e2a90eeb93c0
Harvest Source Title NIST
Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-3159
License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
Program Code 006:045
Related Documents https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.17942
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