Evaluating Optical Clock Performance for GNSS Positioning

E Boldbaatar, D Grant, S Choy, S Zaminpardaz… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atomic clocks are highly precise timing devices used in numerous Positioning, Navigation,
and Timing (PNT) applications on the ground and in outer space. In recent years, however …

Fundamental physics with a state-of-the-art optical clock in space

A Derevianko, K Gibble, L Hollberg… - Quantum Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent advances in optical atomic clocks and optical time transfer have enabled new
possibilities in precision metrology for both tests of fundamental physics and timing …

Reducing the instability of an optical lattice clock using multiple atomic ensembles

X Zheng, J Dolde, S Kolkowitz - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
The stability of an optical atomic clock is a critical figure of merit for almost all clock
applications. To this end, much optical atomic clock research has focused on reducing clock …

Cs microcell optical reference with frequency stability in the low 10−13 range at 1 s

A Gusching, J Millo, I Ryger, R Vicarini, M Abdel Hafiz… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We describe a high-performance optical frequency reference based on dual-frequency sub-
Doppler spectroscopy (DFSDS) using a Cs vapor microfabricated cell and an external-cavity …

Quantum memories for fundamental science in space

JM Mol, L Esguerra, M Meister… - Quantum Science …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Investigating and verifying the connections between the foundations of quantum mechanics
and general relativity will require extremely sensitive quantum experiments. To provide …

[HTML][HTML] Application of quantum-limited optical time transfer to space-based optical clock comparisons and coherent networks

ED Caldwell, LC Sinclair, JD Deschenes, F Giorgetta… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
With the demonstration of quantum-limited optical time transfer capable of tolerating the
losses associated with long ground-to-space links, two future applications of free-space time …

Frequency stabilization of a Cesium Faraday laser with a double-layer vapor cell as frequency reference

H Shi, P Chang, Z Wang, Z Liu, T Shi… - IEEE Photonics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We implement a compact optical frequency standard at the wavelength of 852 nm by the
modulation transfer spectroscopy (MTS) technique, using a Faraday laser as the local …

Optical atomic clock aboard an Earth-orbiting space station (OACESS): enhancing searches for physics beyond the standard model in space

V Schkolnik, D Budker, O Fartmann… - Quantum Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a concept for a high-precision optical atomic clock (OAC) operating on an Earth-
orbiting space station. This pathfinder science mission will compare the space-based OAC …

An ultra-stable laser based on molecular iodine with a short-term instability of 3.3× 10− 15 for space based gravity missions

Z Zhang, Z Wang, H Liu, W Yuan, W You… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Many space based gravity missions require frequency stabilized lasers with stringent
requirements. Toward those requirements, we develop a compact frequency-stabilized laser …

Preliminary study of generating a local time scale with NIM 87Sr optical lattice clock

L Zhu, Y Lin, Y Wang, Z Jia, Q Wang, Y Li, T Yang… - Metrologia, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A local time scale can be generated by steering flywheel clocks with state-of-the-art optical
lattice clocks. This paper presents our simulations about the influence of the optical lattice …