Demonstration of a trapped-ion atomic clock in space
EA Burt, JD Prestage, RL Tjoelker, DG Enzer, D Kuang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Atomic clocks, which lock the frequency of an oscillator to the extremely stable quantized
energy levels of atoms, are essential for navigation applications such as deep space …
energy levels of atoms, are essential for navigation applications such as deep space …
Using the deep space atomic clock for navigation and science
TA Ely, EA Burt, JD Prestage… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Routine use of one-way radiometric tracking for deep space navigation and radio science is
not possible today because spacecraft frequency and time references that use state-of-the …
not possible today because spacecraft frequency and time references that use state-of-the …
JPL ultrastable trapped ion atomic frequency standards
EA Burt, L Yi, B Tucker, R Hamell… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, room temperature trapped ion atomic clock development at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL) has focused on three directions: 1) ultrastable atomic clocks, usually for …
Laboratory (JPL) has focused on three directions: 1) ultrastable atomic clocks, usually for …
Deep space atomic clock technology demonstration mission results
The Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), a NASA Technology Demonstration Mission, was
launched into low-Earth orbit on June 25, 2019 as a hosted payload aboard General …
launched into low-Earth orbit on June 25, 2019 as a hosted payload aboard General …
The Deep Space Atomic Clock: The first demonstration of a trapped ion atomic clock in space
E Burt, J Prestage, R Tjoelker, D Enzer, D Kuang… - 2020 - researchsquare.com
Atomic clocks, which lock the frequency of an oscillator to the extremely stable quantized
energy levels of atoms, are essential for navigation applications such as deep space …
energy levels of atoms, are essential for navigation applications such as deep space …
Mercury trapped ion frequency standard for ultra-stable reference applications
EA Burt, RL Hamell, BC Tucker, K Larsen… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
An atomic clock including an ion trap assembly, a C-field coil positioned for generating a first
magnetic field in the interrogation region of the ion trap assembly, a compensation coil …
magnetic field in the interrogation region of the ion trap assembly, a compensation coil …
Mercury lamp studies in support of trapped ion frequency standards
L Yi, EA Burt, RL Tjoelker - 2015 Joint Conference of the IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The mercury linear ion trap frequency standard (LITS)[1] at JPL continues to advance with
multiple applications. In particular, the outstanding long-term stability [2] and practicality of …
multiple applications. In particular, the outstanding long-term stability [2] and practicality of …