15 - 19 July, 2024
Le Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis
Toulouse, France
Events
John Kitching
Chip-scale Atomic Devices: From Clocks to Brain Imaging and Beyond
Chip-scale atomic clocks and sensors combine elements of precision atomic spectroscopy, silicon micromachining and photonics technology to achieve good performance with small size and low power consumption. Recent advances will be discussed including compact optical clocks, micromachined atomic beam clocks and new methods of atomic cell fabrication at the wafer scale.
About the Speaker
Dr. John Kitching is the Leader of the Atomic Devices and Instrumentation Group in NIST’s Physical Measurements Laboratory and a NIST Fellow. He received his PhD in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1995. He and his group pioneered the development of microfabricated “chip-scale” atomic devices for use as frequency references, magnetometers and other sensors. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the IEEE and the National Academy of Inventors, and has received many awards for his work including the Department of Commerce Silver and Gold Medals, the 2015 IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award, the 2016 IEEE-UFFC Rabi Award and the 2014 Rank Prize. He has published over 100 papers in refereed journals, has given numerous invited and plenary talks and has been awarded eight patents.
