A planar cloverleaf antenna for the creation of circularly polarized microwave fields

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14791v1
• Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:48:37 GMT
• Title: A planar cloverleaf antenna for the creation of circularly polarized microwave fields
• Authors: Weijun Yuan, Siwei Zhang, Niccol\`o Bigagli, Claire Warner, Ian Stevenson, Sebastian Will
• Abstract summary: We report on the design and characterization of a compact microwave antenna for atomic and molecular physics experiments. The antenna is comprised of four loop antennas arranged in cloverleaf shape, allowing for precise adjustment of polarization by tuning the relative phase of the loops. We optimize the antenna for left-circularly polarized microwaves at 3.5 GHz and characterize its performance using ultracold NaCs molecules as a precise quantum sensor.
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• Abstract: We report on the design and characterization of a compact microwave antenna for atomic and molecular physics experiments. The antenna is comprised of four loop antennas arranged in cloverleaf shape, allowing for precise adjustment of polarization by tuning the relative phase of the loops. We optimize the antenna for left-circularly polarized microwaves at 3.5 GHz and characterize its performance using ultracold NaCs molecules as a precise quantum sensor. Observing an unusually high Rabi frequency of $2\pi \times 46$ MHz, we extract an electric field amplitude of 33(2) V/cm at 22 mm distance from the antenna. The polarization ellipticity is 2.3(4) degrees, corresponding to a 24 dB suppression of right-circular polarization. The cloverleaf antenna is planar and provides large optical access, making it highly suitable for quantum control of atoms and molecules, and potentially other quantum systems that operate in the microwave regime.

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