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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Rohde & Schwarz Gmbh & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
University of Basel, Basel, CH;
Thomas Ruster, Munich, DE;
Melvyn Ho, Munich, DE;
Philipp Treutlein, Basel, CH;
Yongqi Shi, Basel, CH;
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
University Of Basel, Basel, CH;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a sensor system for analyzing a spectrum of an electromagnetic, EM, signal. The system includes a vapor cell containing at least one species of atoms in a gaseous form, wherein the atoms in the vapor cell are exposed to the EM signal; at least one excitation source excites a number of atoms in the vapor cell to a Rydberg state, wherein at least a fraction of the excited atoms are ionized; a number of electrode pairs which are arranged along the vapor cell, and which generate a spatially and/or temporally varying electric field in the vapor cell; a current sense circuit detects a current between at least one of the number of electrode pairs, wherein the current is caused by ionized atoms in the vapor cell; and a processor determines spectral information of the EM signal based on the detected current.