Rydberg Electromagnetically-Induced Transparency and Autler-Townes Splitting in the Presence of Band-Limited White Gaussian Noise

ORAL

Abstract

Rydberg electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) and Autler-Townes (AT) splitting in an alkali vapor constitute a promising approach to self-calibrated, SI-traceable radio frequency (RF) electric field (E-field) measurements. In order for this method to become an accepted metrology standard it is necessary to understand the effect of RF noise. We investigate the effect of band-limited white Gaussian noise (BLWGN) on EIT/AT-based RF E-field measurements, for noise bands centered around the measurement frequency as well as blue- and red-shifted noise bands. We characterize the conditions under which RF E-field measurements can be severely distorted by the BLWGN, and provide a theoretical model to predict these effects.

*This work was funded in part by The MITRE Corporation, and NIST through the Embedded Standards program.

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Authors

  • Matthew Simons

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Marcus Kautz

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Christopher Holloway

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • David Anderson

    • Rydberg Technologies

  • Georg Raithel

    • Rydberg Technologies, University of Michigan

  • Daniel Stack

    • The MITRE Corporation

  • Marc St. John

    • The MITRE Corporation

  • Wansheng Su

    • The MITRE Corporation