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Chip-Scale Atomic Devices at NIST

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Author(s)

John E. Kitching

Abstract

The NIST program on chip-scale atomic devices (CSAD) seeks to design, build and characterize miniature atomic instruments and sensors based on fabrication techniques traditionally used in the field of microelectronics and micro-electric-mechanical systems (MEMS). We are currently building structures such as those shown above, that are the size of a grain of rice (V
Citation
Chip-Scale Atomic Devices at NIST
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http://www-i.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/ofm/smallclock/ind
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Keywords

atomic clock, chip scale, coherent population trapping, magnetometer, micromachining

Citation

Kitching, J. (2006), Chip-Scale Atomic Devices at NIST, Chip-Scale Atomic Devices at NIST, [online], http://www-i.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/ofm/smallclock/ind (Accessed October 3, 2025)

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Created January 25, 2006, Updated February 17, 2017
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