National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder Laboratories (NIST Boulder)
Chip-Scale Atomic Beam System
ippublished applicationIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Intellectual Property
- Affiliations
- NIST Boulder
Description
Lithographically fabricated vacuum package producing a collimated atomic beam with on-chip atomic vapor source and passive pumps, aimed at chip-scale atomic clocks and interferometers with better long-term stability than vapor-cell devices. NIST inventors Donley, Kitching, McGehee; docket 22-018US1.
Official page
https://www.nist.gov/patents/chip-scale-atomic-beam-system
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- General contact
- licensing@nist.gov
Details
- Keywords
- collimated atomic beam, chip-scale atomic clocks, passive vacuum pumps, lithographic fabrication, cell phone base stations
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Patent number
- US application 18/832,716
- Patent status
- Published patent application (filed 2023-01-24)
- Status
- Published