{"id":15343,"date":"2022-07-12T09:55:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T07:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/miniature-atomic-watches-developed-by-the-csem-will-soon-hit-the-market\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:40:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:40:38","slug":"miniature-atomic-watches-developed-by-the-csem-will-soon-hit-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/miniature-atomic-watches-developed-by-the-csem-will-soon-hit-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Miniature atomic watches developed by the CSEM will soon hit the market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A part of the EU\u2019s FET Flagship on Quantum Technologies program, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macqsimal.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">macQsimal<\/a> project was launched in 2018 to explore how quantum properties can be used to develop sensors with unprecedented precision and sensitivity, and to help establish a high-performance European industry in this field. The project\u2019s closing ceremony was held at the University of Neuch\u00e2tel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/etudier\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UniNE<\/a>), a key project consortium member.<\/p>\n<p>The first quantum revolution led to the transistors and lasers that form the basis of computers, smartphones and internet connections. Today, a second revolution is on the way thanks to advanced methods for manipulating the fundamental quantum properties of systems and materials. Engineers worldwide are racing to get a handle on these new methods in order to develop breakthrough technology in fields like healthcare, security, transportation, energy and environmental science.<\/p>\n<p>macQsimal\u00a0was carried out by a consortium of 14 partner organizations spanning the entire technology value chain, from fundamental research to industrial applications. Consortium members worked together to design next-generation, highly effective sensors based on atomic vapor cells, with a view to making the benefits of this technology available to the general public.<\/p>\n<h4>Maintaining Neuch\u00e2tel\u2019s leadership position in the precision industry<\/h4>\n<p>The Swiss consortium members began transferring the technology developed under macQsimal to industry by creating a miniature atomic watch that runs on very little power. Most of the development work for the watch took place in Neuch\u00e2tel, from designing the watch\u2019s core \u2013 consisting of MEMS cells developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csem.ch\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSEM<\/a> \u2013 and electronic control system to assembling the final product.\u00a0Fribourg-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orolia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orolia Switzerland\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0will market the watch in what\u2019s shaping up to be a fast-growing industry with expanding demand for atomic watches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe began studying miniaturized atomic watches about 15 years ago, and now our work is leading to new products being marketed in our region,\u201d say Christoph Affolderbach and Gaetano Mileti, senior scientist and Professor at UniNE\u2019s Time-Frequency Laboratory (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/ltf\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LTF<\/a>). \u201cWe intend to continue our research in order to maintain Neuch\u00e2tel\u2019s leadership position in this industry, which is a strategic one for Switzerland.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU-funded macQsimal project, coordinated by the CSEM, led to the creation of a miniature atomic watch that runs on very little power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[835],"tags":[943,976,959],"class_list":["post-15343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-precision-en","tag-advanced-manufacturing","tag-quantum-tech","tag-watchmaking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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