Optical clocks with 1E-18 uncertainty

Project: EU project

Project Details

Description

Future primary frequency standards.

Optical clocks with 1 × 10-18 uncertainty have applications in a wide range of sectors from basic science and metrology to geodesy, satellite navigation and environmental monitoring.

Project develops world-leading optical atomic clocks that will support the future redefinition of the SI second and underpin timescales.

VTT MIKES studies drifts in optical cavities and real-time thermometry of ion traps and improves the design of ion trap and electronics.


Call 2015: SI Broader Scope

This project has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
AcronymOC18
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/05/16 → 30/04/19

Collaborative partners

  • National Physical Laboratory (NPL) (lead)
  • BA66 National metrology institute VTT MIKES
  • Czech Metrology Institute (CMI) (Project partner)
  • National Metrological Institute (INRIM) (Project partner)
  • Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d’Essais (LNE) (Project partner)
  • Paris Observatory (Project partner)
  • German National Metrology Institute (PTB) (Project partner)
  • TÜBİTAK National Metrology Institute (UME) (Project partner)
  • Leibniz University Hannover (Project partner)
  • University of Copenhagen (Project partner)
  • Nicolaus Copernicus University (Project partner)

Funding

  • EURAMET e.V.

Keywords

  • optical clock
  • atomic clock
  • SI second
  • ion trap

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