A review of commercial and emerging atomic frequency standards

BLS Marlow, DR Scherer - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Atomic frequency standards are used to generate accurate and precise time and frequency,
enabling many communications, synchronization, and navigation systems in modern life …

[HTML][HTML] Chip-scale atomic devices

J Kitching - Applied Physics Reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Chip-scale atomic devices combine elements of precision atomic spectroscopy, silicon
micromachining, and advanced diode laser technology to create compact, low-power, and …

Technological assessment of MEMS alkali vapor cells for atomic references

P Knapkiewicz - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper is a review that surveys work on the fabrication of miniature alkali vapor cells for
miniature and chip-scale atomic clocks. Technology on microelectromechanical systems …

μPOP Clock: A Microcell Atomic Clock Based on a Double-Resonance Ramsey Scheme

E Batori, C Affolderbach, M Pellaton, F Gruet… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
We demonstrate and study a microcell microwave atomic clock based on optical-microwave
double resonance (DR) interrogation operated in a pulsed Ramsey scheme, called the μ …

Monitoring solid particle deposition in lossy medium using planar resonator sensor

MH Zarifi, M Daneshmand - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A very high-resolution, microwave microstrip-based planar resonator sensor is analyzed and
presented for non-contact material sensing. The proposed sensor is an active feedback loop …

Mode suppression and homogeneous field bandwidth enhancement of a tuning-free micro-loop-gap resonator using FR4 for chip-scale rubidium clock

Y Su, M Pellaton, C Affolderbach… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose strategies for the design of a tuning-free micro-loop-gap resonator (-LGR) that
provides high magnetic field homogeneity of the TE011-like mode over a broad bandwidth …

Imaging microwave and DC magnetic fields in a vapor-cell Rb atomic clock

C Affolderbach, GX Du, T Bandi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the experimental measurement of the dc and microwave magnetic field
distributions inside a recently developed compact magnetron-type microwave cavity …

Microfabricated vapor cells with reflective sidewalls for chip scale atomic sensors

R Han, Z You, F Zhang, H Xue, Y Ruan - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
We investigate the architecture of microfabricated vapor cells with reflective sidewalls for
applications in chip scale atomic sensors. The optical configuration in operation is suitable …

[HTML][HTML] Study of additive manufactured microwave cavities for pulsed optically pumped atomic clock applications

C Affolderbach, W Moreno, AE Ivanov… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Additive manufacturing (AM) of passive microwave components is of high interest for the
cost-effective and rapid prototy** or manufacture of devices with complex geometries …

High performance vapour-cell frequency standards

M Gharavipour, C Affolderbach, S Kang… - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We report our investigations on a compact high-performance rubidium (Rb) vapour-cell
clock based on microwave-optical double-resonance (DR). These studies are done in both …