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    • Observation of Asymmetric Sideband Generation in Strongly-driven Rydberg Atoms

    Metadata Updated: September 11, 2024

    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.In particular, the LO-based Rydberg mixer approach allows for bandwidths into the few-MHz range.Here we use heterodyne detection of the Rydberg atom receiver probe laser to separate the negative and positive sidebands that originate from distinct six wave mixing processes in order to investigate their individual bandwidths.We experimentally confirm the prediction that the negative sideband exhibits a higher bandwidth than the positive sideband.We further explore the effect of coupling and probe laser Rabi frequency on the bandwidth, which we find to be in good agreement with our model. We achieved a maximum experimental (and theoretical) bandwidth of about 11 (11)~MHz and 3.5 (5)~MHz for the negative and positive sidebands, respectively, from the -3dB roll-off point for optimized field parameters.This work provides insight into the bandwidth-limiting features of Rydberg atom receivers and points the way towards further optimization of their response.

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    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date September 11, 2024
    Data Update Frequency irregular

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date September 11, 2024
    Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
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    Identifier ark:/88434/mds2-3366
    Data First Published 2024-08-26
    Language en
    Data Last Modified 2024-06-14 00:00:00
    Category Physics:Atomic, molecular, and quantum
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 006:55
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    Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-3366
    License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
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