Development of compact lattice optical clocks towards future space clocks

Author

Schiller, S. ; Gorlitz, A. ; Abou-Jaoudeh, C. ; Mura, Gianluca ; Franzen, T. ; Nevsky, A. ; Alighanbari, S. ; Chen, Qian ; Ernsting, I. ; Poli, Nicola ; Schioppo, M. ; Tino, G.M. ; Sterr, Uwe ; Vogt, Sebastian ; Falke, St ; Lisdat, Ch ; Gill, P. ; Barwood

Author_Institution

Heinrich-Heine-Univ. Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Within the ELIPS program of ESA, the “Space Optical Clocks” (SOC) project aims to install and to operate an optical lattice clock on the ISS towards the end of this decade. In this project two accurate transportable lattice optical clock demonstrators having relative frequency instability below 1×10^-15 at 1 s integration time and relative inaccuracy below 5×10^-17 are under development. Crucial requirements are moderate volume, electrical power consumption and mass, and robustness. Furthermore, a modular concept is favourable.

Keywords

atomic clocks; optical lattices; ELIPS program; ISS; Space Optical Clocks project; compact lattice optical clocks; electrical power consumption; mass; relative frequency instability; robustness; Atomic beams; Clocks; Cooling; Fiber lasers; Lattices; Optical interferometry; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801752

Filename

6801752