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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.
| Tuesday, June 11, 2019 | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration and check-in; 9:00 – 9:20 Introductions by Dave Howe |
| 9:20 - 9:50 | (CH1) Timekeeping and Time Distribution, Chris Oates |
| 9:50 - 10:50 | (CH2) Introduction to Time Domain Measurement Standards, Stefania Romisch |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Break |
| 11:10 - 12:00 | (CH3) Time-Domain Analysis, Jeff Sherman |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 3:00 | (CH3) Time-Domain Analysis, Jeff Sherman, cont’d |
| 3:00 - 3:20 | Break |
| 3:20 - 4:20 | (CH4) Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain Characterization, Dave Howe |
| 4:20 - 5:00 | (CH5) NIST Time and the Stock Market, Mike Lombardi |
| Wednesday, June 12, 2019 | |
| 8:00 - 8:10 | Dave Howe: Announcements |
| 8:10 - 9:10 | (CH6) Quartz Crystal Resonators and Oscillators, Fred Walls |
| 9:10 - 10:20 | (CH7) Techniques of State-of-the-Art PM and AM Noise Measurements, Craig Nelson |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Break |
| 10:40 - 11:30 | (CH7) Techniques of State-of-the-Art PM and AM Noise Measurements, Craig Nelson, cont’d |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | (CH8) Vibration-Induced Phase Noise: Oscillators and Non-Oscillatory Components, Archita Hati |
| 12:15 - 1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15 - 2:15 | (CH9) Demonstration of Basic Measurements of Time and Frequency, analysis of time-difference measurements, Andrew Novick |
| 2:15 - 2:40 | Break |
| 2:40 - 4:00 | (CH10) Phase Noise Measurement Demonstration, Archita Hati |
| 4:00 - 4:50 | Hands-on Test and Noise Measurements, Archita Hati |
| 5:00 - 8:00 | Dinner at The Riverside hosted by Microsemi |
| Thursday, June 13, 2019 | |
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Questions and Answers |
| 8:15 - 9:00 | (CH11) Atomic Frequency Standards, Elizabeth Donley |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | (CH12) Current and Next-Generation Cs Fountains at NIST, Alexander Radnaev |
| 9:50 - 10:30 | (CH13) Chip-Scale Atomic Sensors and Clocks, Matt Hummon |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 11:20 | (CH14) Optical Frequency Combs, Tara Fortier |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | (CH15) Chip-Scale Optical Frequency Combs, Jordan Stone |
| 12:00 - 1:10 | Lunch |
| 1:10 - 2:10 | (CH16) Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and How They Work, Ben Ashman |
| 2:10 - 2:50 | (CH17) GPS/GNSS Vulnerabilities, Arthur Scholz |
| 2:50 - 3:30 | (CH18) Time and Frequency Transfer Using Two-Way and GPS, Victor Zhang |
| 3:30 - 3:45 | Break |
| 3:45 - 4:30 | (CH19) Precise and Accurate Network Timing, Jeff Sherman |
| 4:30 - 5:10 | (CH20) Optical Frequency Transfer over Fiber and Air, Martha Bodine |
| Friday, June 14, 2019 | |
| 8:45 - 9:30 | (CH21) AI+ Optical Clocks and Molecular Ion Quantum-Logic Spectroscopy, James Chou |
| 9:30 - 10:20 | (CH22) Optical Lattice Clocks, Daniele Nicolodi |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Break |
| 10:40 - 11:20 | (CH23) UWB Localization and Mapping Using Computational Imaging, Fabio Da Silva |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | Demo of Computational Imaging, Fabio Da Silva |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Conclusions and Discussion |
| 2:00 - 4:00 | Separate group tours of NIST: Time Scale (Jeff Sherman), Josephson Junction Voltage Standard (Paul Dresselhaus 1D/108), Electric Field Strength Measurements Using Rydberg States (Chris Holloway, Josh Gordon) |
Speaker PPT presentations will be posted and available on USB stick for each registered attendee prior to start time on Tuesday, June 11, 2019.
Boulder offers a variety of hotels.
The Best Western Boulder Inn is located 20 minute walking distance from NIST and has a group discount as described below.
- online code: https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.06103.html?groupId=A53NV9P4
- phone code: call 800-233-8469 and reference code "NIST Time and Frequency"
- Arrival Date: Monday, June 9, 2019
- Departure Date: Friday, June 14, 2019
- Group Rates: $179 for a room with one king bed or two queen beds.
If you are not registered, you will not be allowed on site. Registered attendees will receive security and campus instructions prior to the workshop.
NON U.S. CITIZENS PLEASE NOTE: All foreign national visitors who do not have permanent resident status and who wish to register for the above meeting must supply additional information. Failure to provide this information prior to arrival will result, at a minimum, in significant delays in entering the facility. Authority to gather this information is derived from United States Department of Commerce Department Administrative Order (DAO) number 207-12.
*New Visitor Access Requirement: Effective July 21, 2014, Under the REAL ID Act of 2005, agencies, including NIST, can only accept a state-issued driver’s license or identification card for access to federal facilities if issued by states that are REAL ID compliant or have an extension. As of Monday, January 30, 2017, Federal agencies will be prohibited from accepting driver’s licenses and identification cards from the following states for accessing federal facilities: Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana and Washington. For further details, please visit our Campus and Security page.
Acceptable Photo Identification:
For Non-U.S. Citizens: Valid passport for photo identification
For U.S. Permanent Residents: Permanent Resident/Green card for photo identification