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IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Silicon-Nitride Photonic Integrated Circuits for Atomic Systems

Kevin Francis Gallacher, Eugenio Di Gaetano, S. Dyer, Brendan Keliehor, J. P. McGilligan, Martin Sinclair, Ugnė Hawley, Aidan S. Arnold, Paul F. Griffin, Marc Sorel, Erling Riis, Douglas J. Paul

Published Jul 1, 2023• 1 citation
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Abstract

We present the development of a silicon-nitride photonic integrated circuit platform aimed at a range of miniature atomic systems including atomic clocks and cold atom sensors which includes narrow-linewidth (≤3.7 kHz) distributed feedback lasers and wafer-bonded MEMS rubidium vapour cells.
DOI
10.1109/sum57928.2023.10224366

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