Data associated with the publication: "Two-dimensional imaging of electromagnetic fields via light sheet fluorescence imaging with Rydberg atoms"Abstract:The ability to image electromagnetic fields holds key scientific and industrial applications, including electromagnetic compatibility, diagnostics of high-frequency devices, and experimental scientific work involving field interactions. Generally electric and magnetic field measurements require conductive elements which significantly perturb the field.

Deep subwavelength RF imaging with atomic Rydberg sensors has overcome fundamental limitations of traditionalantennas and enabled ultra-wideband detection of omni-directional time varying fields all in a compactform factor. However, in most applications, Rydberg sensors require the use of a secondary strong RF referencefield to serve as a phase reference. Here, we demonstrate a new type of Rydberg sensor for Angle-of-Arrival(AoA) sensing which utilizes subwavelength imaging of standing wave fields.

We present recent improvements within the growing field of Rydberg atom sensors. While initially started as a path towards absolute, independent measurements of electric fields, the research landscape has evolved into the realm of quantum sensors and receivers. We discuss the capabilities and limitations of Rydberg atom receivers, and we show how different atomic properties enhance or limit sensitivity and bandwidth.This data is for a review paper. Figures 6 (a) and 8 (a) and (b) are new data. The rest of the data is extracted from other NIST publications that have a data management plan.

Rydberg atom-based receivers of modulated radio frequency (RF) fields are promising systems for measurements. These systems are self-calibrating, widely tunable, nearly transparent to RF fields, and can be electrically small. However, the instantaneous bandwidth of current Rydberg atom receivers is typically less than 1 MHz.

Datasets included in manuscript on simultaneous two-ladder sensing, titled "Independent Rydberg Atom Sensing using a Dual-Ladder Scheme" to be submitted to Applied Physics Letters. The data for figure 1 contains experimental EIT traces for both ladders, and figure 2 contains the data for false-color plots showing the polarization-specific response of each ladder.

This dataset represents the results of calculations of atomic absorption spectra for the case of two-color EIT. We compare computation methods, specifically Gaussian sampling, to find that one sampling method converges to smooth transmittance curves in less time than the other. We also include some example scripts which generate and plot the figure data.

This dataset contains the data for the figures in the paper "EIT spectra of Rydberg atoms dressed with dual tone radio-frequency fields", submitted to Physical Review A. This dataset can be used to recreate the experimental and theory plots from the CSV files. The data show EIT spectra of Rydberg atoms driven with dual-tone RF fields (experimental), and Floquet spectra of numerical models that are used to model these EIT spectra (theory/numerical).

Measurement of the effect of electric field inhomogeneity on electromagnetically induced transparency in a waveguide-based cesium atomic vapor cell. Used for the figure for the Photonics West 2023 manuscript.

Although Rydberg atom-based electric field sensing provides key advantages over traditional antenna-based detection, it remains limited by the need for a local oscillator (LO) for low-field and phase resolved detection. In this work, we demonstrate the general applicability of closed-loop quantum interferometric schemes for Rydberg field sensing, which eliminate the need for an LO. We reveal that the quantum-interferometrically defined phase and frequency of our scheme provides an internal reference that enables LO-free full 360 degree-resolved phase sensitivity.

This dataset represents absorption/transmission spectra of resonant probe light power through a Rydberg atom vapor, subject to a simultaneous dressing field and a 'low frequency' field. Data is taken as an oscilloscope average of 5 photodiode voltage traces, with frequency offsets given by a simultaneous reference cell (not included). Some data are given as 2-D arrays, with axes of laser detuning across a waterfall of field strength. Some data represents theory eigen-energies of the system, for comparison. This paper will be submitted to Physical Review Letters.