Quantum RF: Rydberg Electric Field Sensor Application Spaces
Rydberg atom electric field sensors are projected to enable novel capabilities for resilient communications and spectrum situational awareness. This quantum sensor is small-size, highly sensitive, and broadly tunable, and it has the potential for performing precision angle-of-arrival measurements. While these atomic electric field sensors will not replace traditional receivers in commodity applications for RF signal reception, these sensors could be an enabling technology in niche application spaces. We will discuss how to quantitatively compare the performance between Rydberg sensors and traditional antenna-based receiver systems. We will also discuss our recent efforts at the linearization of the Rydberg sensor transfer function for rapid modeling of more complicated waveforms.
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- Date: 06 Oct 2022
- Time: 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Dr. Ajay K. Poddar, Chair IEEE North Jersey Section, Email: akpoddar@ieee.org
- Starts 20 September 2022 12:30 PM
- Ends 06 October 2022 11:55 PM
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Dr. Charles Fancher
Quantum RF: Rydberg Electric Field Sensor Application Spaces
Biography:
Dr. Charles Fancher received his B.S. in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Ph.D. in Physics from William and Mary, and thesis on the AC Zeeman effect in ultracold atom systems as a new tool for quantum sensing and computing. Post-Doc at the Naval Research Laboratory working on hybrid ultracold atom systems and nanophotonic systems with applications in quantum networking. 3 years at MITRE as a Senior Physicist working mostly on quantum sensing technologies and specializing in Rydberg atom electric field sensor prototyping and testing.
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