Title: NIST Team Wins Gold Medal for Revolutionary Chip-Scale Optical Clock
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a gold medal to a team of researchers led by Matthew Hummon, John Kitching, Scott Papp, Scott Diddams, Kartik Srinivasan, Daron Westly, and B. Robert Ilic. The team developed the first optical clock based on integrated photonics, a miniaturized system that integrates vapor-cell atomic instruments and microcombs to achieve unprecedented stability.
This breakthrough technology will have significant implications for various applications that rely on precise timing, such as high-speed telecommunications for stock market transactions and secure precision navigation systems. The new chip-scale atomic clock offers up to 1000 times greater stability compared to current state-of-the-art clocks, making it a game-changer in the field of quantum technologies.
Keywords: atomic, comb, optical, photonics, precision
