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 Physics Laboratory (NPL) (lead)
    • 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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