This invention provides an
electromagnetic field detector, a
system including the
electromagnetic field detector, and a method of operating the
electromagnetic field detector. The electromagnetic field detector includes: a first optical
signal interface configured to receive a first optical
signal from one or more remote light sources; an electromagnetic field
transmitter configured to transmit a
local oscillator electromagnetic field generated according to the first optical
signal, the electromagnetic field
transmitter including: a
photocurrent generator configured to generate a
photocurrent according to the first optical signal; an antenna interface configured to provide the
photocurrent to an antenna to transmit the
local oscillator electromagnetic field; a second optical signal interface configured to receive a probe optical signal and a coupled optical signal from one or more remote light sources; and a
transmission medium. The medium is configured to be excited by a probe optical signal and further excited by a
coupling optical signal, wherein the probe optical signal has a probe frequency set to excite electrons in the
transmission medium to a first
excited state, and the
coupling optical signal has a
coupling frequency set to excite electrons in the
transmission medium to a predetermined
Rydberg state to induce an electromagnetically induced transparent (EIT) effect, wherein the transmission medium is further configured to receive a
local oscillator electromagnetic field and a phase-modulated electromagnetic field from a remote
transmitter, such that the combination of the phase-modulated electromagnetic field and the local oscillator electromagnetic field causes a change in the probe optical signal, and the
phase state of the phase-modulated electromagnetic field can be detected according to the change.