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基于Rydberg原子的10 MHz射频电场高灵敏度传感技术研究

Research on High-Sensitivity Sensing Technology of 10 MHz Radio Frequency Electric Field Based on Rydberg Atoms

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  • 基于全红外光激发方案,采用852 nm探测光(|6S1/2〉 → |6P3/2〉)、1470 nm缀饰光(|6P3/2〉→ |7S1/2〉)和780 nm耦合光(|7S1/2〉 → |49P3/2〉),制备了铯原子Rydberg态.电磁感应透明(EIT)光谱用于实现Rydberg原子的光学探测,实时记录了10MHz射频电场缀饰下EIT光谱随电场强度的变化.采用非共振超外差探测技术,将频率失谐的待测微弱信号与本振信号同时耦合至Rydberg原子体系,利用原子介质对拍频信号的放大响应,实现了高灵敏度电场探测.结果表明,该系统动态范围达65 dB,灵敏度达到31.0 μV/cm/Hz1/2.实验结果为发展基于Rydberg原子的兆赫兹电场精密测量技术提供了有意义的参考.

     

    To address the pressing need for high-sensitivity, miniaturized electric field sensors in the short-wave communication band (3–30 MHz), this study proposes and demonstrates a radio frequency electric field quantum sensing scheme based on cesium atomic Rydberg states and the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) effect. The scheme employs an all-infrared optical design, utilizing 852 nm probe light, 1470 nm dressing light, and 780 nm coupling light to efficiently prepare the 49P3/2 Rydberg state in a room-temperature cesium vapor cell, which is then probed non-destructively via ladder-type four-level EIT spectroscopy. The 10 MHz RF field is non-resonant with adjacent Rydberg atomic energy levels, this work innovatively utilizes the AC Stark shift effect as the sensing mechanism. Real-time monitoring of the spectral shift of the Rydberg-EIT peak with the applied electric field strength enables direct electric field metrology. The evolution of the EIT spectrum was experimentally observed under electric fields ranging from 0 to 500 V/m: at weak fields (< 20 V/m), the spectrum primarily exhibits shifting and broadening; at moderate fields (20 – 100 V/m), oscillations indicative of dissipative time crystals emerge due to multi-Rydberg-level competition; at stronger fields, spectral splitting and modulation sidebands appear. To further enhance the detection sensitivity for weak signals, a non-resonant superheterodyne detection technique was introduced. A local oscillator (LO) electric field at 10.1 MHz and the signal field at 10 MHz are simultaneously coupled into the atomic system. The atomic medium's amplified response to their beat note signal (Δω = 100 kHz) down-converts the signal of interest to a lower, more easily detectable frequency domain. Precise measurement of the beat note signal strength enables high-sensitivity demodulation of the signal electric field. Experimental results demonstrate outstanding sensing performance at 10 MHz: an electric field sensitivity of 31.0 μV/cm/Hz1/2, a dynamic range of 65 dB, and an instantaneous bandwidth of approximately 0.6 MHz. This study develops a precise electric field measurement method for the MHz frequency band based on Rydberg atoms. Its centimeter-scale sensing unit overcomes the trade-off between size and sensitivity inherent in traditional antennas, offering a new technological pathway for miniaturized, high-sensitivity electric field sensors in applications such as short-wave communication, marine, and aeronautical navigation.

     

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