• DocumentCode
    2884214
  • Title

    Practical aspects of the active-loop chip-scale atomic clock

  • Author

    Strekalov, Dmitry ; Matsko, Andrey B. ; Savchenkov, Anatoliy A. ; Yu, Nan ; Maleki, Lute

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    EIT-based atomic clocks built as active oscillating loops can be compact and low-power, if the loop is closed by current modulation of VCSEL. The clock performance is shown to critically depend on the VCSEL properties.
  • Keywords
    atomic clocks; laser cavity resonators; optical modulation; self-induced transparency; surface emitting lasers; EIT-based atomic clocks; VCSEL modulation; VCSEL properties; active oscillating loops; active-loop chip-scale atomic clock; electromagneticaly induced transparency resonance; Atomic beams; Atomic clocks; Frequency; Laser tuning; Optical buffering; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Stability; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (020.1670) Coherent optical effects; (120.4800) Optical standards and testing; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629016
  • Filename
    4629016