This means they could support further integration of electronics and optics and could be mass produced—a path toward commercially viable, compact optical clocks. NIST’s chip-based optical clock has an ...

Chip-scale optical clocks like this could eventually replace traditional oscillators in applications such as navigation systems and telecommunications networks and serve as backup clocks on ...

A new generation of small-scale optical clocks could better coordinate the flow of data through telecommunication networks, or sync up far-flung telescopes to make astronomical observations (SN: 4 ...

Their dual-comb system can potentially combine with an integrated ion trap toward future chip-scale optical atomic clocks. Nature.com. 3. Overview of Vernier dual-microcomb scheme for OFD: (a) ...

Although portable chip-scale optical atomic clocks have been developed, the most accurate and stable optical clocks use atoms trapped at temperatures near absolute zero to minimize atomic motion ...

Chip-scale atomic clocks (CSAC) have components comparable in size to the integrated circuits (“chips”) used in modern electronic equipment. They were first developed by the Defense Advanced Research ...

A low-noise chip-scale atomic clock (LN-CSAC), the SA65-LN from Microchip, features a profile height of less than 0.5 in. (12.7 mm). Aimed at aerospace and defense applications where size, weight, and ...

The 3.3-V/295-mA SA65-LN low-noise chip-scale atomic clock (LN-CSAC) from Microchip Technology measures just 2 inches square and is a mere half-inch thick.

In the past, smaller-scale optical clock comparisons relied on satellite links to measure differences, but this study used both satellite links and fiber optic cables. That’s important because ...

Microchip Technology has launched its second generation Low-Noise Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LN-CSAC), model SA65-LN, in a lower profile height. Low-noise chip-scale atomic clock Credit: Microchip ...