{"id":13360,"date":"2020-03-06T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T12:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/the-university-of-neuchatel-is-developing-a-miniature-atomic-clock\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:39:58","slug":"the-university-of-neuchatel-is-developing-a-miniature-atomic-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/the-university-of-neuchatel-is-developing-a-miniature-atomic-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"The University of Neuch\u00e2tel is developing a miniature atomic clock"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Time and Frequency Laboratory of the University of Neuch\u00e2tel is working on a new generation of atomic clocks, in collaboration with the European Space Agency.<\/h4>\n<p>Time holds almost no secrets for scientists at the Time and Frequency Laboratory (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/ltf\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LTF<\/a>) of the University of Neuch\u00e2tel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UniNE<\/a>). For the past 13 years, they have been exploring and pushing the frontiers in time and frequency research, optical metrology, and ultrafast science and technology. They have now embarked on a new challenge: the development of a miniature atomic clock.<br \/>\nSupported by the European Space Agency (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESA<\/a>), the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/navisp.esa.int\/project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMICC<\/a>\u00a0(Advanced Micro-Cell Atomic Clock) project aims to create a new generation of atomic clocks that consume less energy, are less dependent on power supply and are therefore more mobile, in order to eventually equip GPS, smartphones and in particular the new European satellite positioning system Galileo. This is the fifteenth major contract that the LTF has won with the ESA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Galileo system requires different types of clocks depending on where they are intended to be used, on board the satellites, but also in ground stations and for receivers via mobile telephony,\u201d explains Gaetano Mileti, a professor at the LTF and head of the project. The idea is to further develop atomic clocks with rubidium cells, which follow an original operating principle that has already been tested by the Swiss teams at UniNE and EPFL.<\/p>\n<p>At the forefront of research on atomic clocks, the\u00a0canton of Neuch\u00e2tel\u00a0also has three companies specializing in their production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Time and Frequency Laboratory of the University of Neuch\u00e2tel is working on a new generation of atomic clocks, in collaboration with the European Space Agency. 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