Efficient microwave-to-optical conversion using Rydberg atoms

We demonstrate microwave-to-optical conversion using six-wave mixing in cold 87Rb atoms where the microwave field couples to two Rydberg states and propagates collinearly with the converted optical field. Our experiment is performed with a free-space microwave field, and we achieve a conversion effi...

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Main Authors: Vogt, T, Gross, C, Han, J, Pal, S, Lam, M, Kiffner, M, Li, W
Format: Journal article
Published: APS Physics 2019