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中国物理学会期刊

基于磁光阱荧光损失谱的微波电场测量

Microwave electric field measurement based on magneto-optical trap fluorescence loss spectroscopy

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  • 本文利用冷铷原子样品, 在无需关闭磁光阱(MOT)的条件下, 通过MOT荧光损失谱方法研究了微波电场的测量性能. 通过优化探测光与耦合光功率, 荧光损失谱的线宽约为6 MHz, 约为已发表冷原子荧光损失谱微波电场测量结果的三分之一, 并接近由中间态自然线宽主导的下限估计. 共振微波场引起的Autler-Townes分裂与微波电场强度呈线性关系, 失谐微波场下的分裂变化也与失谐AT模型相符. 实验结果表明, MOT荧光损失谱能够在保留连续运行和实时荧光读出优势的同时, 实现基于冷原子的微波电场测量. 该工作为发展连续运行的冷原子微波电场传感器提供了实验依据和参数优化方案.

     

    Cold Rydberg atoms provide long coherence times and strongly enhanced electric-dipole moments, but many cold-atom microwave electrometry schemes rely on cyclic preparation and probing sequences that reduce the measurement duty cycle. We demonstrate microwave electric-field measurement based on magneto-optical trap (MOT) fluorescence-loss spectroscopy in a continuously operated cold ^87\mathrmRb ensemble. A 780\; \mathrmnm probe beam and a 480\; \mathrmnm coupling beam drive a two-photon transition to the 46\mathrmD Rydberg states. When the two-photon resonance is reached, atoms are transferred out of the MOT cooling and fluorescence cycle, producing a measurable decrease in the MOT fluorescence and enabling real-time optical readout without switching off the trap. By optimizing the probe and coupling laser powers, we obtain a fluorescence-loss linewidth of about 6\; \mathrmMHz, close to the linewidth limit mainly set by the natural linewidth of the 5\mathrmP_3/2 intermediate state and approximately one third of the linewidth reported in previous cold-atom fluorescence-loss microwave measurements. With a resonant microwave field coupling the 46\mathrmD_3/2 and 47\mathrmP_1/2 Rydberg states, the loss spectrum exhibits Autler-Townes splitting, and the extracted splitting increases linearly with the microwave electric-field amplitude. For detuned microwave fields, the measured peak separation follows the detuned Autler-Townes relation, providing a route to infer microwave detuning under calibrated conditions. These results show that MOT fluorescence-loss spectroscopy can preserve the low-Doppler environment of cold atoms while retaining continuous operation and real-time fluorescence readout, offering an experimentally simple pathway toward continuous cold-atom Rydberg microwave sensors.

     

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