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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2025
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Daniel Adam Thrasher, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Peter Schwindt, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Roy H. Olsson, III, Philadelphia, PA (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
An atomic clock having a highly integrated vacuum package in combination with a highly integrated and efficient electronics package is disclosed. The vacuum package includes trapping RF electrodes for trapping an ion cloud, optics for guiding an excitation laser beam, an emitter for replenishing ions to the ion cloud, a getter for controlling the vacuum level, and a viewport for admitting the excitation laser beam and transmitting ionic fluorescence. This highly integrated vacuum package occupies a volume of less than 1 mL. The highly integrated and efficient optoelectronics package employs an interposer to which a laser, a photodetector, and various control and drive electronics are attached.