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NATURE PHYSICS
Volume 8, Issue 11, Pages 819-824Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2423
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- DARPA Quasar programme through a grant through ARO [60181-PH-DRP]
- NSF [PHY-1104424]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Physics [1104424] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Atom-based standards for length and time as well as other physical quantities such as magnetic fields show clear advantages by enabling stable and uniform measurements. Here we demonstrate a new method for measuring microwave (MW) electric fields based on quantum interference in a rubidium atom. Using a bright resonance prepared within an electromagnetically induced transparency window we could achieve a sensitivity of similar to 30 mu Vcm(-1) Hz(-1/2) and demonstrate detection of MW electric fields as small as similar to 8 mu Vcm(-1) with a modest set-up. The sensitivity is limited, at present, by the stability of our lasers and can be significantly improved in the future. Our method can serve as a new atom-based traceable standard for MW electrometry, with its reproducibility, accuracy and stability promising advances towards levels comparable with those attained in magnetometry at present.
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