Chip-Scale Atomic Devices Based on Microfabricated Alkali Vapor Cells

Author

Kitching, J. ; Knappe, S. ; Moreland, J. ; Liew, L.-A. ; Shah, V. ; Gerginov, V. ; Schwindt, P.D.D. ; Hollberg, L. ; Brannon, A. ; Lindseth, B. ; Popovic, Z.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We describe recent progress in the development of millimeter-scale instruments based on alkali atom vapor cells implemented with microfabrication techniques. Because of their small size and correspondingly low power requirements, these "chip-scale" atomic clocks and magnetometers have the potential to bring atomically precise instrumentation to portable, battery-operated systems such as GPS receivers, remote sensors and wireless communication devices. In addition, wafer-level processing and assembly potentially allows for very low cost per instrument if high volumes are produced.

Keywords

atomic clocks; chip scale packaging; low-power electronics; magnetometers; micromechanical devices; portable instruments; alkali vapor cells; chip-scale atomic clocks; chip-scale atomic devices; chip-scale magnetometers; microfabrication techniques; millimeter-scale instruments; wafer-level processing; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic clocks; Electronics packaging; Frequency; Instruments; Magnetometers; NIST; Physics; Semiconductor device packaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386689

Filename

4386689