Abstract
We demonstrate laser induced DC electric fields in an all-glass vapor cell without bulk or thin film electrodes. The spatial field distribution is mapped by Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) spectroscopy. The fields are generated by a photoelectric effect and allow DC electric field tuning of up to 0.8 V/cm within the Rydberg EIT probe region. We explain the measured with a boundary-value electrostatic model. This work may inspire new approaches for DC electric field control in designing miniaturized atomic vapor cell devices. Limitations and other charge effects are also discussed.
Highlights
Recent efforts to coherently prepare and precisely manipulate physical systems at a quantum level[1,2,3,4] have led us to the dawn of a new era for applications based on laws of quantum mechanics
Powered by laser cooling and coherent spectroscopy technologies[16,17], Rydberg atoms have demonstrated great potential in areas ranging from classical microwave[18,19] and THzwave field sensing and detection[20–22] to the production of nonclassical states of light[23] and readout mechanisms, such as single-photon source[24,25], photonic phase gates[26], etc
Among different working platforms, ranging from ultra cold and ultra high vacuum systems to room-temperature chip scale devices, vapor-cell-based technologies[27–30] have gained significant attention over the past few decades[31]. In these types of devices, Rydberg atoms are directly prepared from an ensemble of ground state atoms at moderate vapor pressures inside dielectric environments near room-temperature
Summary
Recent efforts to coherently prepare and precisely manipulate physical systems at a quantum level[1,2,3,4] have led us to the dawn of a new era for applications based on laws of quantum mechanics. Among different working platforms, ranging from ultra cold and ultra high vacuum systems to room-temperature chip scale devices, vapor-cell-based technologies[27–30] have gained significant attention over the past few decades[31]. In these types of devices, Rydberg atoms are directly prepared from an ensemble of ground state atoms at moderate vapor pressures inside dielectric environments (borocilicate glasses or quartz) near room-temperature. These Rydberg atoms can be excited and proved either by cw multi-level electromagneticallyinduced-transparency (EIT)32,33or through pulsed nonlinear spectroscopy schemes such as four-wave-mixing[34,35]
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