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Zeeman-resolved Autler-Townes splitting in Rydberg atoms with tunable resonances and a single transition dipole moment

Noah Schlossberger1,2,*, Andrew P. Rotunno3, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse3, Nikunjkumar Prajapati3, Samuel Berweger3, Dangka Shylla1,2, Matthew T. Simons3, and Christopher L. Holloway3

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA
  • 2Associate of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
  • 3National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA

  • *noah.schlossberger@nist.gov
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Phys. Rev. A 109, L021702 – Published 21 February, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.109.L021702

Abstract

Applying a magnetic field as a method for tuning the frequency of Autler-Townes splitting for Rydberg electrometry has recently been demonstrated. In this Letter, we provide a theoretical understanding of Rydberg electromechanically-induced-transparency signals of alkali metal atoms in the presence of a large magnetic field, as well as demonstrate some advantages of this technique over traditional Autler-Townes-based electrometry. We show that a strong magnetic field provides a well-defined quantization axis regardless of the optical field polarizations; we demonstrate that by separating the mJ levels of the Rydberg state, we can perform an Autler-Townes splitting with a single participating dipole moment, and we demonstrate recovery of signal strength by populating a single mJ level using circularly polarized light.

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Phys. Rev. A 109, L021702– Published 21 February, 2024
  • Received 14 November 2023
  • Revised 29 December 2023
  • Accepted 16 January 2024
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