IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Integrating MEMS and Silicon-Nitride Photonic Integrated Circuits for Atomic Systems

Ugnė Hawley, Jeremi Januszewicz, Zack McConkey, Martin Sinclair, Eugenio Di Gaetano, Marc Sorel, Kevin Francis Gallacher, Douglas J. Paul

Published Jul 15, 2024• 2 citations

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Abstract

We present the development of optical phased array wide-beam couplers and high extinction ratio modulators to integrating MEMS rubidium vapour cells with a silicon-nitride photonic integrated circuit platform aimed at a range of miniature atomic systems including atomic clocks and cold atom sensors.

DOI: 10.1109/sum60964.2024.10614497

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