77 results about "Rydberg state" patented technology

The invention relates to a partial discharge detection system based on Rydberg atoms in the field of partial discharge detection of electrical equipment, the system comprises an optical path frequency stabilization module, an atom probe, a photoelectric detection module, a controller module and a power frequency synchronous trigger signal circuit, the optical path frequency stabilization module locks 852.35 nm probe light and pump light frequency less than 509.53 nm through SAS and EIT technologies, and the atomic probe is used for detecting the frequency of the probe light. Inducing transition from a cesium atom ground state to a first excited state to a Rydberg state; under the effect of partial discharge pulse, the atomic probe outputs a modulated EIT transmission spectrum signal, after photoelectric conversion and filtering, the controller module analyzes the amplitude and phase information of the pulse in combination with a power frequency synchronizing signal, the upper computer generates a PRPD diagram to analyze the discharge correlation, the detection sensitivity of the system reaches-50dBm, the frequency band of 300MHz-2GHz is covered, the dynamic range is greater than or equal to 50dB, the equivalent height is greater than or equal to 20mm, and the discharge correlation is greater than or equal to 20mm. Broadband and high-resolution detection is achieved, the problem of phase synchronization is solved, and the device is suitable for high-voltage environment on-line monitoring.

This invention provides an electromagnetic field detector, a system comprising the electromagnetic field detector, and a method of operating an electromagnetic field detector, the electromagnetic field detector comprising a first optical signal interface configured to receive, from one or more remote optical sources, a first optical signal; an electromagnetic field transmitter configured to transmit a local oscillator electromagnetic field generated from the first optical signal, the electromagnetic field transmitter comprising: a photocurrent generator configured to generate a photocurrent from the first optical signal; and an antenna interface configured to supply the photocurrent to an antenna to transmit the local oscillator electromagnetic field; a second optical signal interface configured to receive, from the one or more remote optical sources, a probe optical signal and a coupling optical signal; and a transmission medium configured to be excited by the probe optical signal and further excited by the coupling optical signal, wherein the probe optical signal has a probe frequency set to excite electrons of the transmission medium to a first excited state and the coupling optical signal has a coupling frequency set to excite electrons of the transmission medium to a predetermined Rydberg state so as to induce an Electromagnetic Induced Transparency, EIT, effect, wherein the transmission medium is further configured to receive a phase-modulated electromagnetic field from a remote transmitter and the local oscillator electromagnetic field such that the combination of the phase-modulated electromagnetic field and the local oscillator electromagnetic field causes a change in the probe optical signal from which a phase state of the phase-modulated electromagnetic field can be detected.

The invention belongs to the technical field of communication, and relates to a time-frequency multi-dimensional coding frequency hopping communication method and device based on Rydberg atoms. Comprising the following steps: exciting a cesium atom system from a ground state to an intermediate excitation state by utilizing probe light, and exciting the cesium atom system from the intermediate excitation state to a Rydberg state by utilizing coupling light; determining the resonant frequency and the non-resonant frequency of a carrier based on the energy level of the cesium atom system in the Rydberg state, and selecting the carrier of the resonant frequency or the non-resonant frequency according to the binary state of the baseband signal to perform time-frequency coding to generate a frequency hopping sequence; and radiating the frequency hopping sequence to a cesium atom system in a Rydberg state, and receiving a spectral signal of the transmissivity of the detection light passing through the cesium atom system so as to complete receiving of a baseband signal. According to the invention, frequency hopping sequence synchronization and signal modulation are not needed, the complexity of the system is reduced, and the method has the characteristic of tracking interference resistance.

The invention discloses a Rydberg atom microwave electric field sensing system and method based on coupling light modulation, and belongs to the technical field of microwave electric field sensing. In the system, a Rydberg atom preparation module excites alkali metal atoms to a Rydberg state; the radio frequency module provides a local oscillator signal for the Rydberg atom preparation module; the coupling light modulation module modulates the broadband pulse signal to the coupling light through an acousto-optic modulator so as to change the intensity of the coupling light entering the Rydberg atom preparation module; the signal receiving and processing module collects transmission light signals passing through the Rydberg atom preparation module, matched filtering processing is carried out, microwave electric field information is extracted, and the transmission light signals are generated by alkali metal atoms under the combined action of to-be-detected signals, detection light, local oscillation signals and coupling light with changed intensity. According to the method, the measurement sensitivity and the signal-to-noise ratio are improved, higher environmental adaptability is achieved, and stable measurement performance can be kept under complex conditions.

The invention provides a partial discharge detection system based on a Rydberg atom quantum coherence effect, and the system comprises an optical excitation module which is used for transmitting two-photon laser to excite hot atoms to enter a Rydberg state; the atomic gas chamber is used for accommodating hot atoms and is coupled with an electromagnetic field generated by the partial discharge signal, so that the hot atoms generate energy level response change under the action of the electromagnetic field; the detection light path module is used for detecting a change signal of light signal intensity in the atomic gas chamber and converting the change signal into an electromagnetic response characteristic of an electromagnetic field; the signal acquisition and processing module is used for receiving the electromagnetic response characteristics, demodulating and analyzing the electromagnetic response characteristics and extracting characteristic parameters of the partial discharge signals; and the control and calibration module is used for receiving the characteristic parameters of the partial discharge signal, performing calibration based on an energy level frequency shift rule of Rydberg atoms, and outputting electric field intensity subjected to quantization calibration. The system can realize high-sensitivity, anti-interference and traceable detection of weak partial discharge signals.

A quantum method includes providing a plurality of atoms including first and second 171Yb atoms spatially separated from one another and exciting the first 171Yb atom to a target Rydberg state without exciting the second 171Yb atom to the target Rydberg state. A quantum logic gate includes a first 171Yb qubit excited to a target Rydberg state and a second 171Yb qubit spatially separated from the first 171Yb qubit, wherein the second 171Yb qubit is not excited to the target Rydberg state while the first 171Yb qubit is excited to the target Rydberg state. A quantum computing system includes a chamber housing a plurality of atoms including first and second 171Yb atoms spatially separated from one another and at least one gate laser source configured to excite the first 171Yb atom to a target Rydberg state without exciting the second 171Yb atom to the target Rydberg state.

This invention discloses a noise reduction method for electromagnetic measurements of Rydberg atoms. This method constructs a 509nm coupled optical closed-loop circulation system comprising a polarization beam splitter, a half-wave plate, and a high-reflection mirror. This enables multiple reciprocating propagations of the laser within the atomic gas chamber. Utilizing the optical path circulation mechanism, the coupling strength between light and atoms is significantly improved without increasing the laser source power, thus greatly enhancing the excitation efficiency of Rydberg states. Simultaneously, this structure allows the intermediate frequency carrier signal to linearly and coherently superimpose with the number of cycles, while the laser background noise accumulates incoherently only according to a square root law, thereby significantly improving the measurement signal-to-noise ratio. This invention solves the problems of low excitation efficiency and difficulty in eliminating laser background noise in existing single-path optical systems, providing a new solution with high excitation efficiency and high signal-to-noise ratio for high-sensitivity microwave electric field measurements.

The invention provides a high-precision microwave electric field intensity measurement system and method based on CTC phase change, and belongs to the technical field of microwave measurement. Comprising a quantum sensing unit, an optical excitation and detection module, a microwave regulation and scanning module, an auxiliary radio frequency field module and a signal processing and control center. The method comprises the following steps: S1, preliminary preparation of Rydberg-state atoms; s2, preparing CTC phase atoms; s3, identifying a phase change critical point; and S4, measuring and calculating microwave electric field intensity measurement sensitivity improvement at the phase change critical point. According to the invention, a Rideburg system is prepared to a CTC phase change critical point area which is extremely sensitive to electric field intensity change response, and high-precision measurement of microwave electric field intensity is completed by using the extremely high gain of the system to an electric field intensity change signal at the moment.

The present invention relates to a method and device for measuring the polarization direction of a microwave electric field based on Rydberg atoms. The method includes: generating two sets of orthogonally polarized lasers, where the probe light and coupling light with the same polarization direction are correspondingly combined and transmitted through two sets of optical fibers respectively to excite the atoms in the alkali metal atomic cell from the ground state to the Rydberg state; based on the interaction between the probe light, coupling light and alkali metal atoms, forming the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) effect of a three-level system to obtain an EIT signal. Among them, a specified microwave frequency is selected, and the microwave electric field generated by a microwave source is applied to the alkali metal atomic cell to cause the EIT signal to split and obtain an EIT-AT splitting signal; observing the two sets of EIT-AT splitting signals through an oscilloscope, and determining the angular range between the polarization direction of the microwave electric field and the polarization direction of the laser according to the left and right peak value ratios of the splitting peaks of the two sets of splitting signals. The technical solution provided by the present invention can improve the accuracy of microwave electric field measurement.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for quantum computing using a plurality of neutral atoms in an optical trap array wherein a first internal state of the neutral atoms is used as a qubit ground state 0gt; the second internal state is used as a quantum bit excitation state 1gt; . According to the present disclosure, a local single qubit gate operation can be performed on a qubit, comprising locally and selectively irradiating with a qubit addressing laser at a first qubit addressing laser frequency, which is prepared as a qubit ground state 0gt; and a quantum bit excited state 1gt; a superposition state sgt; the quantum bit is used for causing a quantum bit ground state 0gt; and a quantum bit excited state 1gt; and the differential stark displacement is realized. Furthermore, a local dual qubit gate operation may be performed on the pair of qubits, including locally and selectively irradiating with a qubit addressing laser at a second qubit addressing laser frequency prepared as a qubit ground state 0gt; a pair of qubits for a third internal state cgt, preferably via neutral atoms; coupling the quantum bit pair to a Rydberg state rgt of a neutral atom; a third internal state cgt; the method can be used as a quantum bit ground state 0gt; a Rydberg state rgt is obtained; and the intermediate state of two-photon transition is realized.

A quantum method includes providing a plurality of atoms including first and second 171Yb atoms spatially separated from one another and exciting the first 171Yb atom to a target Rydberg state without exciting the second 171Yb atom to the target Rydberg state. A quantum logic gate includes a first 171Yb qubit excited to a target Rydberg state and a second 171Yb qubit spatially separated from the first 171Yb qubit, wherein the second 171Yb qubit is not excited to the target Rydberg state while the first 171Yb qubit is excited to the target Rydberg state. A quantum computing system includes a chamber housing a plurality of atoms including first and second 171Yb atoms spatially separated from one another and at least one gate laser source configured to excite the first 171Yb atom to a target Rydberg state without exciting the second 171Yb atom to the target Rydberg state.

A method for atom-based closed-loop control includes exciting atoms of a gas into one or more Rydberg states, applying one or more signal processing functions to the one or more Rydberg states, and regulating a characteristic of the applied one or more signal processing functions based on, at least in part, a response of the one or more Rydberg states to the one or more signal processing functions. A system for internal quantum-state-space interferometry includes an atomic receiver, an interferometric pathway, and a detector. The interferometer includes an atomic vapor with first atomic states and second atomic states. The interferometric pathway from RF phases between the first and second atomic states is closed by a quantum-state-space. The detector is configured to detect a readout of an interferometric signal. Embodiments include atom-based automatic level control, baseband processors, phase-locked loops, voltage transducers, raster RF imagers and waveform analyzers.

The invention provides an electric field measurement method based on polymorphic Rydberg atoms, which comprises the following steps: two beams of detection light and two beams of coupling light with different frequencies oppositely enter two atom probes respectively, and atoms in the two atom probes are excited from a ground state to a Rydberg state, after initial EIT transmission peaks respectively appear on the transmission spectrum of the two beams of detection light, the two inner plate electrodes are used for generating an electric field and gradually increasing the electric field intensity, and EIT transmission spectrum data under different electric field intensities are output; performing data labeling and preprocessing on the EIT transmission spectrum data, and outputting spectrum data to be identified; and then, identifying the spectrum data to be identified, and outputting a judgment result of the electric field intensity in a regression manner. The problems that in an existing scheme, the strong field measurement accuracy and the electric field resolution are insufficient, and the measurement bandwidth is difficult to further improve are solved.

The application discloses a Rydberg atom electric field sensing device and system, and is applied to the field of quantum sensing.The device comprises an atom chamber, a first distributed feedback laser and a second distributed feedback laser.The first distributed feedback laser and the second distributed feedback laser each comprise a laser source resonant cavity formed inside.The first distributed feedback laser and the second distributed feedback laser generate laser based on optical feedback and optical amplification of the laser source resonant cavity inside each of them, and the laser is used as probe light and pump light respectively, and enters from one side of the atom chamber, so that the atoms in the atom chamber reach the excited state and the Rydberg state in turn.The application uses the distributed feedback laser as the pump light and the probe light for exciting the Rydberg atom, provides a miniaturized light source for the Rydberg atom electric field sensing device, improves the integration of the device, has the advantages of miniaturization, is easy to move, is suitable for a harsh outdoor environment, and can realize large-scale integration of chips.

The invention discloses a partial discharge detection method and device based on a Rydberg atomic electric field sensor, belongs to the technical field of partial discharge detection, and solves the problem that the sensor is easily damaged by electrical breakdown in a strong electric field environment in an existing partial discharge detection technology. A ground state cesium atom is excited to a Rydberg state, based on a free space coupling configuration mode, a to-be-measured radio frequency signal is directly propagated into an atomic gas chamber through a free space to be coupled with the Rydberg atom, an atomic energy level is displaced, the transmissivity of an electromagnetically-induced transparent spectrum is changed, electric field information is encoded into an optical signal, and the optical signal is transmitted to the ground state cesium atom. And then the photoelectric detector is used for converting the modulated optical signal into an electric signal, the electric signal is input into the oscilloscope for time domain waveform analysis, and based on an electrical-optical-electric signal conversion mechanism, the common electric breakdown risk in the traditional ultrahigh frequency detection technology is effectively avoided.

The invention relates to a quantum bit control method and computing equipment thereof. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a control bit atom and a target bit atom; and performing a qubit gate or qubit entanglement operation based on a Rydberg blocking effect between both the control bit atom and the target bit atom using a single photon process or a multi-photon process, the qubit gate or qubit entanglement operation comprising: a step a) wherein the qubit gate or qubit entanglement operation is performed on the basis of the Rydberg blocking effect between both the control bit atom and the target bit atom; applying a Pi pulse consisting of a first group of Pi / 2 pulses and a second group of Pi / 2 pulses in succession to the control bit atom, the first group of Pi / 2 pulses and the second group of Pi / 2 pulses having the same wavelength and being applied in opposite directions to the control bit atom, wherein a Pi pulse is defined as a pulse that resonates in frequency from a first ground state of the control bit atom to a Rydberg state, and an energy allows the control bit atom to fully transition from the first ground state to the Rydberg state for a pulse duration.

Material comprising atoms in Rydberg states magnetized via Inverse Faraday Effect having a magnitude of the effective magnetic field that scales substantially as the principal quantum number n raised to the power of 4 and method for magnetizing the material thereof, an atom-based quantum computing processor comprising a quantum platform populated with atomic quantum carriers configured to define qubits that are material as previously described and method for actuating the atom- based quantum computing processor thereof.

The present invention discloses a method for obtaining a pulsed Rydberg atomic spectrum based on a nanosecond pulse laser, comprising two laser beams provided by two lasers, an atomic gas chamber and a detector. The laser outputs lasers as coupling light and detection light respectively, which are respectively transmitted in opposite directions through the atomic gas chamber via a wave plate and a polarization beam splitter prism in a collinear manner, and the emitted detection light is used for detection. The experimental scheme is based on the step-type energy level structure of the Rydberg atom and a nanosecond pulse laser system to realize the Rydberg state excitation of atoms in a controllable velocity group, and to realize the detection of quantum states of Rydberg atoms in different velocity groups through electromagnetically induced transparent spectroscopy. The atomic comb spectrum developed based on this can regulate the population of Rydberg state atoms, and provide a spectral technology for the measurement of electric and magnetic fields based on atomic systems.

To improve EM sensing, detection, measurement, imaging, reception, communication, and source generation by extending capabilities beyond those achievable with conventional sensor technologies and using atom-based quantum sensor technologies.SOLUTION: A method for atom-based closed-loop control includes exciting atoms of a gas into one or more Rydberg states, applying one or more signal processing functions to the one or more Rydberg states, and adjusting characteristics of the applied one or more signal processing functions based at least in part on a response of the one or more Rydberg states to the one or more signal processing functions. A system for internal quantum state space interferometry includes an atomic receiver, an interference path, and a detector. The interferometer includes an atomic vapor having a first atomic state and a second atomic state. The interference path from an RF phase between the first and second atomic states is closed by a quantum state space. The detector is configured to detect a readout of an interference signal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention provides a broadband frequency hopping device based on high-orbital angular momentum Rydberg atoms. An atomic air chamber comprises the high-orbital angular momentum Rydberg atoms; the first reflecting mirror and the second reflecting mirror are respectively used for reflecting the detection light and the coupling light to the atom gas chamber so as to excite high-orbital angular momentum Rydberg atoms from a ground state to an excited state and pump the high-orbital angular momentum Rydberg atoms to a first Rydberg state; the first microwave generator, the second microwave generator and the third microwave generator are used for enabling high-orbital angular momentum Rydberg atoms to be transited to a second Rydberg state, a third Rydberg state and a fourth Rydberg state respectively; and the photoelectric detector is used for receiving the detection light passing through the atomic gas chamber. According to the invention, frequency hopping crossing 6 octaves can be realized, the frequency hopping speed is 60khops / s, and the frequency hopping point number is expanded under the limited instantaneous bandwidth by using the microwave frequency comb. The method has potential application value in the field of secret radio communication.

A system for performing surface analysis on a material, includes a pulsed electron source that forms a monochromatic beam of incident electrons; means for conveying the incident electrons to the surface of a sample of material, so as to form backscattered electrons, and the backscattered electrons to detecting means, the conveying means comprising at least one electron optical system; means for detecting the backscattered electrons; the pulsed electron source comprising: a source of atoms; a continuous-wave laser beam configured to form a laser excitation zone able to excite the atoms to Rydberg states; a pulsed electric field on either side of the laser excitation zone, the pulsed electric field being configured to ionize at least the excited atoms and to form a monochromatic beam of electrons.

The invention relates to a tunable laser frequency stabilization system and method based on Rydberg atom direct current stark, and belongs to the technical field of laser frequency stabilization. The tuned frequency is determined by the atomic state and the voltage at the two ends of the polar plate and can be calculated through a theoretical model, the locked laser frequency has high precision and long-term stability, and the precision and the long-term stability are within MHz. In the invention, the atomic gas chamber with the built-in electrode plate is adopted to avoid the problem that a traditional gas chamber can shield a direct-current electric field, a direct-current electric field can be generated in the atomic gas chamber by applying a voltage to the two ends of the electrode plate, and an atomic energy level moves due to a direct-current stark effect, so that the tuning of the frequency of the coupled laser can be completed; the applied voltage is generally below 10V, the tuning range is between GHz and dozens of GHz according to different selected Rydberg states, and the operation is relatively convenient and simple.

The application provides a triple magic optical trap method and device for Rydberg atom quantum computing, and relates to the technical field of quantum computing. The method comprises the following steps: measuring the change relationship between an atomic ground state and a transition resonance frequency with a bias magnetic field at several different trap depths, and determining a magic magnetic field strength; measuring the change relationship between the atomic ground state and the transition resonance frequency with a dipole optical trap wavelength under the condition of the optical trap, and comparing the change relationship with the case without a magnetic field, and determining a magic wavelength; under the conditions of the magic magnetic field and the magic wavelength, a circularly polarized dipole optical trap is turned on, so that the trapping potentials of and are the same. In the operation of a double-bit gate and other operations related to the Rydberg state, the optical trap is always kept on, atomic escape is effectively avoided, the double coherence of the ground state-ground state and the ground state-Rydberg state is maintained, and the optical structure is simple.

A method for implementing a fast Rydberg blockade SWAP quantum gate based on continuous modulation of a laser. This method uses an analytical waveform generated by Fourier series calculation to continuously modulate the laser, driving the highly coherent Rydberg state transition of atomic qubits to achieve precise atomic state control that meets the operation requirements of the SWAP quantum gate. The present invention effectively reduces errors by suppressing high-frequency noise, while avoiding defects related to mechanical motion and preventing heating effects generated during operation, significantly improving the connectivity and fidelity of neutral atomic qubits in large-scale systems and achieving fast and high-fidelity SWAP quantum gate operations. Moreover, it is applicable to low Rydberg blockade intensities, can effectively resist adverse effects such as laser fluctuations, and is compatible with the buffer atom framework, thereby enhancing the strength of quantum entanglement connections.

In one example, a sensor comprising a vapor cell including a vapor of alkali atoms is disclosed. The sensor further comprises a system configured to direct electromagnetic (EM) radiation of one or more frequencies into the vapor cell and incident on the vapor of alkali atoms. The EM radiation of one or more frequencies is configured to prepare the alkali atoms from a first quantum state to a Rydberg state. The alkali atoms prepared in the Rydberg state comprise an orbital angular momentum quantum number that is at least the number of quanta of the one or more frequencies. The sensor further comprises a detector configured to detect a response of the alkali atoms to incident electromagnetic radiation after the alkali atoms are prepared in the Rydberg state.

This invention relates to a velocity measurement device based on the transient electromagnetic induction transparency effect. It utilizes two probe beams and two coupling beams to excite atoms in an atomic antenna to the Rydberg state. The probe beams are modulated into pulsed lasers to obtain the transient electromagnetic induction transparency signal of the Rydberg atoms. A first radio frequency signal source radiates electromagnetic waves to illuminate the target object; the reflected electromagnetic waves and the local oscillator electromagnetic waves radiated by a second radio frequency signal source simultaneously act on the Rydberg atoms at near-resonance. The velocity of the target object is measured by quantum precision measurement of the difference frequency signal generated by the interference of the two electromagnetic waves. Compared to traditional Rydberg atomic antennas, this invention's velocity measurement device based on the transient electromagnetic induction transparency effect can achieve velocity measurement of moving targets based on ultra-wideband, miniaturized quantum detection, thus expanding the functionality of Rydberg atomic antennas.

The application discloses a remote voice conversation listening method based on Rydberg atoms, which comprises the following steps: a probe light, a decoration light and a coupling light are used to cooperatively excite rubidium atoms in a rubidium atom gas chamber to a high Rydberg state, the frequency of the coupling light is scanned, an EIT spectrum is obtained, and an EIT resonance point is acquired; the frequency and power of a local microwave are adjusted, the frequency of the coupling light is scanned, and the EIT spectrum exhibits a critical state of AT splitting; the local microwave K L is used to scan the frequency of the coupling light after being reflected by a to-be-detected target to the rubidium atom gas chamber, an EIT-AT spectrum and a superposition spectrum of a vibration signal K S are acquired; the frequency of the coupling light is locked at the EIT resonance point, and the vibration signal K S is restored; and the vibration signal K S is denoised. The application further discloses a remote voice conversation listening device based on Rydberg atoms, wherein, when the device is used for listening, a vibration signal in a human voice frequency range is detected, and vibrations outside the human voice frequency are shielded. The application has a simple structure and does not need complex demodulation and filtering and amplifying links.

There is presented a method for altering a nonclassical state of EM radiation. A first matter particle is held within a first trap. A second matter particles is held within a second trap. The first and second traps being spatially separated. A nonclassical state of EM radiation is input to the plurality of matter particles with a first photon number distribution. The photon number distribution of the input nonclassical state of EM radiation is altered by interacting the input nonclassical state of EM radiation with the plurality of matter particles. The first matter particle is excited to a Rydberg state using a photon from the input nonclassical state of EM radiation. This excitation prevents an excitation, to a Rydberg state, of the second matter particle. The resulting altered nonclassical state comprises a second photon number distribution different to the first photon number distribution.

The invention provides a single-quantum terahertz signal detection system and method based on Rydberg atoms. Relates to the field of signal detection. The first laser is used for emitting detection laser so as to excite alkali metal atoms from a ground state to a low-energy-level state; the second laser is used for emitting coupled laser so as to excite the alkali metal atoms in the low energy level state to a first excitation state; the third laser is used for emitting Rydberg laser so as to excite the alkali metal atoms in the first excited state to the Rydberg state; the terahertz signal input port is used for receiving a terahertz signal to be detected so as to excite alkali metal atoms in a first excited state to a second excited state; and the single-photon detector is used for detecting fluorescent photons of visible light or infrared light released by the alkali metal atoms when the alkali metal atoms are in spontaneous radiation transition from the second excited state to the low-energy-level state so as to realize detection of the single-quantum terahertz signal.

A method for atom-based closed-loop control includes exciting atoms of a gas into one or more Rydberg states, applying one or more signal processing functions to the one or more Rydberg states, and regulating a characteristic of the applied one or more signal processing functions based on, at least in part, a response of the one or more Rydberg states to the one or more signal processing functions. A system for internal quantum-state-space interferometry includes an atomic receiver, an interferometric pathway, and a detector. The interferometer includes an atomic vapor with first atomic states and second atomic states. The interferometric pathway from RF phases between the first and second atomic states is closed by a quantum-state-space. The detector is configured to detect a readout of an interferometric signal. Embodiments include atom-based automatic level control, baseband processors, phase-locked loops, voltage transducers, raster RF imagers and waveform analyzers.