The SWaP plot: Visualising the performance of portable atomic clocks as a function of their size, weight and power

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Autores principales: White, Benjamin, Offer, Rachel, Hilton, Ashby, Luiten, Andre
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Publicado: 2024
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author White, Benjamin
Offer, Rachel
Hilton, Ashby
Luiten, Andre
author_facet White, Benjamin
Offer, Rachel
Hilton, Ashby
Luiten, Andre
contents Precision timekeeping is fundamental to modern technologies such as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), communication networks, financial transactions, and power grid management. Over the past 50 years, microwave atomic clocks have been the standard for timing precision. The new generation of optical atomic clocks have demonstrated orders of magnitude better performance, and are now transitioning from research to practical applications. We provide a web resource that tracks the performance of these optical atomic clocks, measured in terms of their Allan deviation at various integration times, against their SWaP requirements via an interactive plot. The most current data and additional resources are available online, providing a continuously updated reference for those interested in precision timing.
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spellingShingle The SWaP plot: Visualising the performance of portable atomic clocks as a function of their size, weight and power
White, Benjamin
Offer, Rachel
Hilton, Ashby
Luiten, Andre
Atomic Physics
Precision timekeeping is fundamental to modern technologies such as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), communication networks, financial transactions, and power grid management. Over the past 50 years, microwave atomic clocks have been the standard for timing precision. The new generation of optical atomic clocks have demonstrated orders of magnitude better performance, and are now transitioning from research to practical applications. We provide a web resource that tracks the performance of these optical atomic clocks, measured in terms of their Allan deviation at various integration times, against their SWaP requirements via an interactive plot. The most current data and additional resources are available online, providing a continuously updated reference for those interested in precision timing.
title The SWaP plot: Visualising the performance of portable atomic clocks as a function of their size, weight and power
topic Atomic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.08484