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arxiv: 2512.02521 · v2 · submitted 2025-12-02 · 🪐 quant-ph · physics.atom-ph

Detection of photon-level signals embedded in sunlight with an atomic photodetector

Laura Zarraoa , Tomas Lamich , Sondos Elsehimy , Morgan W. Mitchell , Romain Veyron This is my paper

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classification 🪐 quant-ph physics.atom-ph
keywords quantum jump photodetectorsingle-atom detectionsunlight backgroundnarrowband photon countingoptical communication in noiserubidium atomrate-equation modeldaytime optical sensing
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A single rubidium atom counts individual laser photons embedded in ten billion sunlight photons per second.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper establishes that a trapped single rubidium atom can serve as a narrowband photodetector that registers individual arrivals of resonant laser photons even when the background consists of sunlight at intensities around 10^10 photons per second. A rate-equation model of the atom's internal-state evolution under continuous sunlight illumination is derived and shown to match experimental count rates quantitatively. The same model is then used to compute achievable information rates for sending weak coherent-state pulses through this noisy channel, yielding 0.5 bits per symbol for 150-photon probes in 10 ms time bins against 1 nW of sunlight.

Core claim

Using a single rubidium atom as a quantum jump photodetector, we count arrivals of individual narrow-band laser photons embedded in sunlight powers of order 10^10 photons/s. We derive a rate-equation model for the atom's internal-state dynamics in sunlight, and find quantitative agreement with experiment. Using this model, we calculate the channel capacity over a noisy communication channel when sending weak coherent states and detecting them in the presence of sunlight, achieving a representative rate of 0.5 bits per symbol when sending 150 probe photons per 10 ms time-bin, embedded in 1 nW of sunlight.

What carries the argument

The quantum jump photodetector (QJPD), a single trapped rubidium atom whose fluorescence switches between bright and dark states upon resonant photon absorption, thereby providing intrinsic narrowband acceptance and low dark-count rejection of broadband sunlight.

If this is right

  • Daytime LIDAR becomes practical because laser returns can be counted against solar background without narrowband filters that reject most signal light.
  • Free-space optical links, both classical and quantum, can operate during daylight hours using weak probe pulses detected by the atom.
  • Remote atomic magnetometry and similar sensing tasks gain a background-rejection mechanism that preserves sensitivity to weak resonant fields.
  • Communication channel capacity calculations show that useful information rates remain possible at probe levels of a few hundred photons per time bin.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The atomic approach could be combined with conventional detectors in hybrid systems to extend the usable wavelength range beyond rubidium transitions.
  • Scaling to small ensembles of atoms might raise the maximum count rate while retaining the same spectral selectivity against sunlight.
  • The demonstrated background rejection suggests the method could be tested in other broadband noise environments such as thermal radiation or fluorescence from nearby objects.

Load-bearing premise

The rate-equation model for the atom's internal-state dynamics in sunlight fully captures the observed behavior without significant unmodeled effects from polarization, Doppler broadening, or multi-photon processes at the stated intensities.

What would settle it

A clear mismatch between measured detection rates and rate-equation predictions when sunlight power is increased by an order of magnitude while keeping the probe signal fixed would show that the model misses important background-induced processes.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2512.02521 by Laura Zarraoa, Morgan W. Mitchell, Romain Veyron, Sondos Elsehimy, Tomas Lamich.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. (a) Visual schematic of potential applied scenario: single [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p001_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Experimental setup and sunlight spectrum. (a) Sunlight and probe are combined using two fiber beam-splitters (BSs) before being sent [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Sunlight combined with probe saturation curves. Data [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Calculated channel capacity for a binary communication [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_4.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

The detection of few-photon signals in a broadband background is an extreme challenge for photon counting, requiring filtering that accepts a narrow range of optical frequencies while strongly rejecting all others. Recent work [Zarraoa et. al, Phys. Rev. Res. 6, 033338 (2024)] demonstrated that trapped single atoms can act as low dark-count narrow-band photodetectors. Here we show that this ``quantum jump photodetector'' (QJPD) approach can also detect photon-level signals embedded in strong sunlight. Using a single rubidium atom as a QJPD, we count arrivals of individual narrow-band laser photons embedded in sunlight powers of order $10^{10}$ photons/s. We derive a rate-equation model for the atom's internal-state dynamics in sunlight, and find quantitative agreement with experiment. Using this model, we calculate the channel capacity over a noisy communication channel when sending weak coherent states and detecting them in the presence of sunlight, achieving a representative rate of 0.5 bits per symbol when sending 150 probe photons per 10 ms time-bin, embedded in 1 nW of sunlight (of order $10^{10}$ photons/s in the visible and near-infrared bands). The demonstration may benefit background-limited applications such as daytime light detection and ranging (LIDAR), remote magnetometry, and free-space classical and quantum optical communications.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript demonstrates detection of narrow-band laser photons at the single-photon level embedded in intense sunlight (~10^{10} photons/s) using a single trapped rubidium atom as a quantum jump photodetector (QJPD). It derives a rate-equation model for the atom's internal-state dynamics under broadband sunlight illumination, reports quantitative agreement between this model and measured photon-arrival statistics, and uses the model to estimate the capacity of a classical noisy optical channel, achieving a representative rate of 0.5 bits per symbol for 150 probe photons per 10 ms time-bin in 1 nW of sunlight.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the work is significant for extending atomic photodetectors to realistic high-background environments. The experimental demonstration of photon counting in sunlight, combined with the reported quantitative model-experiment agreement and the explicit channel-capacity calculation, provides a predictive framework that could benefit daytime LIDAR, remote magnetometry, and free-space optical communications. The use of standard atomic rate equations grounded in new measurements adds strength to the assessment.

major comments (1)
  1. [§4 (rate-equation model)] §4 (rate-equation model): The central claim of quantitative agreement between the model and the observed photon-arrival statistics in sunlight rests on the assumption that the included incoherent scattering rates fully capture the dynamics. The manuscript does not explicitly quantify possible contributions from Doppler broadening (due to the atomic velocity distribution in the trap) or polarization gradients at the stated 1 nW sunlight level (~10^{10} photons/s). These effects could alter effective excitation and decay rates; an estimate or additional measurement showing they are negligible is needed to confirm that the agreement is predictive rather than coincidental.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and results section] The abstract and main text refer to 'quantitative agreement' without reporting a specific goodness-of-fit metric (e.g., reduced chi-squared or RMS deviation); adding this in the results section would improve transparency.
  2. [Figure captions] Figure captions should explicitly state the sunlight power level and probe photon number for each panel to allow direct comparison with the capacity estimates.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the positive assessment of our work and for the constructive comment regarding the rate-equation model. We have revised the manuscript to provide the requested estimates and thereby strengthen the claim of quantitative agreement.

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  1. Referee: [§4 (rate-equation model)] §4 (rate-equation model): The central claim of quantitative agreement between the model and the observed photon-arrival statistics in sunlight rests on the assumption that the included incoherent scattering rates fully capture the dynamics. The manuscript does not explicitly quantify possible contributions from Doppler broadening (due to the atomic velocity distribution in the trap) or polarization gradients at the stated 1 nW sunlight level (~10^{10} photons/s). These effects could alter effective excitation and decay rates; an estimate or additional measurement showing they are negligible is needed to confirm that the agreement is predictive rather than coincidental.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit estimate of these secondary effects is warranted to confirm the model is predictive. In the revised manuscript we have added a dedicated paragraph to §4 that quantifies both contributions at the 1 nW sunlight level. For Doppler broadening, the measured temperature of the trapped atom (~80 μK) produces a one-dimensional velocity spread of ~0.3 m/s, corresponding to a Doppler width of ~0.6 MHz. Because sunlight is broadband over ~100 nm, this width changes the effective excitation rate by less than 3 %, which lies well inside the statistical uncertainty of the measured photon-arrival histograms. Polarization gradients arising from the trapping beams are averaged by the atomic motion on a timescale much shorter than the 10 ms binning; combined with the unpolarized character of sunlight, they produce no detectable correction to the steady-state populations or jump statistics. These order-of-magnitude estimates, together with the already-reported quantitative match between model and data, indicate that the agreement is not coincidental. The revised text now includes the calculation and a brief reference to standard treatments of Doppler and polarization effects in broadband illumination. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; new experiment and derived model are self-contained

full rationale

The paper introduces new experimental measurements of narrow-band laser photon detection by a single Rb atom in broadband sunlight at ~10^10 photons/s, derives a rate-equation model for the atom's internal-state dynamics under these conditions, reports quantitative agreement between this model and the new data, and computes channel capacity from the model. The cited prior work (Zarraoa et al. 2024) is referenced only to establish the general QJPD concept; the present derivation, agreement, and capacity results do not reduce to quantities defined or fitted in that citation. No equations or claims are equivalent to their inputs by construction, and the central results rest on independent measurements plus standard atomic rate equations rather than self-referential definitions or renamed fits.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard atomic-physics rate equations and a small number of representative experimental parameters; no new physical entities are postulated.

free parameters (2)
  • probe photons per time-bin = 150
    Representative value (150) chosen for the channel-capacity example
  • sunlight power = 1 nW
    Representative background level (1 nW) used for the noisy-channel calculation
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Atomic internal-state dynamics under broadband illumination are adequately described by classical rate equations
    Invoked to derive the model that is stated to agree quantitatively with experiment

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