COLDQUANTA, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: SB141-004
COLDQUANTA, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $99,933
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- SB141-004
- Solicitation
- 2014.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CO
- Period
- 2014-06-03 → 2015-05-02
Description
ColdQuanta proposes to develop a MOT-based laser-cooled microwave atom clock prototype having a stability of at least 1E-12 for a 1 s integration time that can serve as a primary atomic frequency. Phase I focuses on the key challenges facing the development of a cold atom physics package commensurate with 1 liter total system size. We will design, build, and demonstrate an ultrahigh vacuum cell system having volume less than 150 cc and providing less than 5 ntorr vacuum level. The cell will provide high quality optical as well as microwave access to laser-cooled atoms.