Boulder Precision Electro-optics — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: Frequency stabilized lasers are essential subsystems; as flywheel oscillators in optical a
Boulder Precision Electro-optics — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $99,989
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2012.A
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CO
- Period
- 2012-06-22
Description
Frequency stabilized lasers are essential subsystems; as flywheel oscillators in optical atomic clocks, as well as in many sensing and measurement systems. In optical atomic clocks, Allan Deviations<10^-15 at 1 s are needed if the readout of the atomic ensemble is to be limited by projection noise. We follow the lead of others, and propose a cryogenic silicon cavity, at the zero crossing temperature near 124 K. The cavity will be mad as compact as possible, to make it portable for operation outside laboratories.