VECTOR ATOMIC INC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S1
VECTOR ATOMIC INC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,893
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- S1
- Solicitation
- SBIR_18_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2018-07-27 → 2019-02-15
Description
<p>The goal of CLASS is to develop a compact, low power, long-lifetime cold atom source for inertial sensors and clocks. CLASS will be designed to produce high cold atom fluxes over a temperature range suitable for commercial- and space-grade atomic devices. Projected loading rates are sufficient to support state-of-the-art atomic sensor performance.</p><p>In Phase I, Vector Atomic will design the full CLASS vacuum package, which consists of an atomic source, MOT cooling optics, and electrical and optical feedthroughs. The CLASS design will be validated and de-risked by building and testing the prototype atomic source. </p>