Tunable off-resonant Rydberg microwave frequency comb spectroscopy based on metawaveguide coupled Rydberg atoms

Lihua Zhang; Zongkai Liu; Bang Liu; Qifeng Wang; Yu Ma; Tianyu Han; Zhengyuan Zhang; Hanchao Chen; Shiyao Shao; Qing Li; Jun Zhang; Dongsheng Ding; Baosen Shi

doi:10.3788/COL202422.080201

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 8, 080201(2024)

Tunable off-resonant Rydberg microwave frequency comb spectroscopy based on metawaveguide coupled Rydberg atoms Editors' Pick

Lihua Zhang^1,2, Zongkai Liu^1,2, Bang Liu^1,2, Qifeng Wang^1,2, Yu Ma^1,2, Tianyu Han^1,2, Zhengyuan Zhang^1,2, Hanchao Chen^1,2, Shiyao Shao^1,2, Qing Li^1,2, Jun Zhang^1,2, Dongsheng Ding^1,2、*, and Baosen Shi^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

²Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

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Lihua Zhang, Zongkai Liu, Bang Liu, Qifeng Wang, Yu Ma, Tianyu Han, Zhengyuan Zhang, Hanchao Chen, Shiyao Shao, Qing Li, Jun Zhang, Dongsheng Ding, Baosen Shi, "Tunable off-resonant Rydberg microwave frequency comb spectroscopy based on metawaveguide coupled Rydberg atoms," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 080201 (2024)

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