FACT
FUTURE ATOMIC CLOCK TECHNOLOGY
| Coordinatore | THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Organization address
address: Edgbaston contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 3˙865˙448 € |
| EC contributo | 3˙865˙448 € |
| Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN |
| Funding Scheme | MC-ITN |
| Anno di inizio | 2013 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2013-10-01 - 2017-09-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Organization address
address: Edgbaston contact info |
UK (BIRMINGHAM) | coordinator | 688˙256.14 |
| 2 |
NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Organization address
address: SERCO HOUSE 16 BARTLEY WOOD - BUSINESS PARK BARTLEY WAY 16 contact info |
UK (HOOK - HAMPSHIRE) | participant | 285˙056.64 |
| 3 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Organization address
address: University Park contact info |
UK (NOTTINGHAM) | participant | 285˙056.64 |
| 4 |
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Organization address
address: BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 contact info |
CH (LAUSANNE) | participant | 261˙515.76 |
| 5 |
UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL
Organization address
address: FAUBOURG DU LAC 5A contact info |
CH (NEUCHATEL) | participant | 261˙515.76 |
| 6 |
OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
Organization address
address: AVENUE DE L OBSERVATOIRE 61 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 255˙948.66 |
| 7 |
HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITAET DUESSELDORF
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITAETSSTRASSE 1 contact info |
DE (DUSSELDORF) | participant | 244˙068.88 |
| 8 |
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA
Organization address
address: STRADA DELLE CACCE 91 contact info |
IT (TORINO) | participant | 240˙837.96 |
| 9 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE
Organization address
address: Piazza San Marco 4 contact info |
IT (Florence) | participant | 240˙837.96 |
| 10 |
ERWIN KAYSER-THREDE GMBH
Organization address
address: WOLFRATSHAUSER STRASSE 48 contact info |
DE (MUNCHEN) | participant | 222˙068.88 |
| 11 |
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER
Organization address
address: Welfengarten 1 contact info |
DE (HANNOVER) | participant | 222˙068.88 |
| 12 |
Menlo Systems GmbH
Organization address
address: Am Klopferspitz 19 contact info |
DE (Martinsried) | participant | 222˙068.88 |
| 13 |
PHYSIKALISCH-TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT
Organization address
address: Bundesallee 100 contact info |
DE (BRAUNSCHWEIG) | participant | 222˙068.88 |
| 14 |
KAYSER ITALIA SRL
Organization address
address: Via di Popogna 501 contact info |
IT (LIVORNO) | participant | 214˙078.19 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'During the last decades atomic clocks and frequency standards have become an important resource for advanced economies with impact ranging from satellite navigation (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo) to high speed communication networks, where they ensure synchronisation of data packets at ever higher bit rates. In this field the wake of the new millennium has been marked by the invention of frequency comb technology, a discovery so important that it was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2005. Femtosecond comb technology enables two major advances (i) a factor of 1000 improvement in sensitivity and accuracy over current atomic clock technology and (ii) the possibility to create a precision frequency synthesizer ranging from the Hz level up to 10^17 Hz or even higher, i.e. covering the electromagnetic spectrum from DC to the soft x-ray regime. The technological impact of this current development is likely to be tremendous, opening new applications, e.g. in “relativistic geodesy”, where ultraprecise clocks sense the gravitational potential via the redshift arising from general relativity. This might open new markets in oil and mineral exploration, supervision of CO2 sequestration and hydrology and climate research. However the technologies associated with optical clocks and frequency standards are still in the laboratory stage and experts in the field are desperately needed for developing commercially viable systems and applications. This ITN is addressing this issue by implementing a training programme covering all aspects from the atomic reference and ultrastable lasers to frequency comb synthesis, precision frequency distribution and commercial system technology. It focuses on technological developments enhancing the technology readiness level of the new optical atomic clocks, enhancing the chance that they are picked up by the commercial sector. At this initial stage the vehicle will be space technology, which is promising the first high-precision applications.'