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Ambient microwave-to-optical converter

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A coherent microwave-to-optical conversion scheme, previously feasible only under cryogenic environments, has now been expanded to ambient conditions by using Rydberg atoms.

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Fig. 1: Warm-atomic MW-to-optical converter.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Atomic and Subatomic Structure and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), School of Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

    Kai-Yu Liao, Hui Yan & Shi-Liang Zhu

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Liao, KY., Yan, H. & Zhu, SL. Ambient microwave-to-optical converter. Nat. Photon. 18, 3–4 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-023-01347-1

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