Enhanced Timekeeping with Optical Clocks - From Microwave to Optical Transitions

Learn about groundbreaking optical clock technology in this technical presentation that explores how clocks utilizing optical transitions achieve superior performance compared to traditional microwave clocks, enabling sub-picosecond synchronization and improved holdover capabilities. Discover Infleqtion's innovative work on developing and commercializing optical clocks based on rubidium vapor two-photon transitions, including their roadmap for scaling production to chip-size devices. Explore the potential applications across fundamental physics and distributed computing, while gaining insights into optical time dissemination techniques that could enable femtosecond-level synchronization between remote clocks.