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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)

Integrated Atomic Devices for Field-Deployable Timing and Sensing Applications

Markus Krutzik

Published Jun 23, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

In recent years, new generations of atomic devices for timing, field sensing and communication have been demonstrated in field and space environments, but transfer into further miniaturized systems with higher stability, less complexity and the potential of scalable manufacturing remains a major technological challenge.
DOI
10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11110636

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