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NIST Time and Frequency Division's annual seminar covers clocks, oscillators, atomic frequency standards, rf and optical synchronization, optical oscillators, quantum information, optical cooling and heating; making precise frequency, time, phase-noise, and jitter measurements; and establishing measurement accuracy and traceability. This 4-day course is the most comprehensive available.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018 |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
Registration and check-in |
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9:00 - 9:10 |
Introductions by Dave Howe |
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9:10 - 9:40 |
Chris Oates: (CH1) Timekeeping and Time Distribution |
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9:40 - 10:10 |
John Vig: (CH2) Quartz Crystal Resonators and Oscillators |
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10:10 - 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
John Vig: (CH2) Quartz Crystal Resonators and Oscillators |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Josh Savory: (CH3) Introduction to Time Domain Measurement Standards |
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12:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
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1:30 - 3:00 |
Jeff Sherman: (CH4) Time-Domain Analysis |
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3:00 - 3:20 |
Break |
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3:20 - 4:20 |
Dave Howe: (CH5) Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain Characterization |
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4:20 - 5:00 |
Mike Lombardi: (CH6) Traceability and Measurement Uncertainty |
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
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8:30 -8:45 |
Dave Howe: Announcements |
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8:45 - 10:15 |
Craig Nelson: (CH7) Techniques of State-of-the-Art PM and AM Noise Measurements |
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10:15 - 10:35 |
Break |
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10:35 - 11:15 |
Sam Stein: (CH8) Direct Digital Measurement of Precision Oscillators |
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11:15 - 12:00 |
Archita Hati: (CH9) Vibration-Induced Phase Noise: Oscillators and Non-Oscillatory Components |
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12:00 - 1:15 |
Lunch |
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1:15 - 2:20 |
Andrew Novick: (CH10) Basic Measurements of Time and Frequency |
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2:20 - 2:45 |
Break |
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2:45 - 4:00 |
Archita Hati: (CH11) Phase Noise Measurement Demonstration |
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4:00 - 5:00 |
Archita Hati: Hands-on Test and Noise Measurements |
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5:00 - 7:30 |
Microsemi Open House |
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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8:00 - 8:15 |
Questions and Answers |
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8:15 - 9:00 |
Elizabeth Donley: (CH12) Atomic Frequency Standards |
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9:00 - 9:50 |
Steve Jefferts: (CH13) Current and Next-Generation Cs Fountains at NIST |
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9:50 - 10:30 |
Vladi Gerginov: (CH14) Chip-Scale Atomic Sensors and Clocks |
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10:30 - 10:40 |
Break |
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10:40 - 11:20 |
Tara Fortier: (CH15) Optical Frequency Combs |
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11:20 - 12:00 |
Scott Papp: (CH16) Chip-Scale Optical Frequency Combs |
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12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 - 1:50 |
Andrew Ludlow: (CH17) Optical Lattice Clocks |
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1:50 - 2:50 |
Luke Winternitz: (CH18) Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and How They Work |
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2:50 - 3:30 |
Victor Zhang: (CH19) Time and Frequency Transfer Using Two-Way and GPS |
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3:30 - 3:40 |
Break |
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3:40 - 4:30 |
Dave Howe: (CH20) High-speed Reproducibility in Tenths of Seconds: Criteria Implications and Prospects |
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4:30 - 5:00 |
Dave Howe: (CH21) Software analysis of time-difference data |
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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8:45 - 9:30 |
Dave Leibrandt: (CH22) Trapped Ion Optical Clocks and Quantum Logic Spectrscopy |
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9:30 - 10:15 |
Jeff Sherman: (CH23) Precise and Accurate Network Timing |
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10:15 - 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 - 11:15 |
Laura Sinclair: (CH24) Optical Frequency Transfer over Fiber and Air |
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11:15 - 12:00 |
Fabio Da Silva: (CH25) Indoor Localization and Imaging Using RF Signals and Compressive Sensing |
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12:00 - 12:15 |
Conclusions and Discussion |
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2:00 - 4:00 |
Separate group tours of NIST: Time Scale (Jeff Sherman), Josephson Junction Voltage Standard (Charles Burroughs), Electric Field Strength Measurements Using Rydberg States (Chris Holloway) |
Boulder offers a variety of hotels. The Best Western Boulder Inn is located 20 minute walking distance from NIST.
If you are not registered, you will not be allowed on site. Registered attendees will receive security and campus instructions prior to the workshop.
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