Glass-blown spherical microcells for chip-scale atomic devices

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Eklund, E Jesper ^a   Shkel, Andrei M ^a   Knappe, Svenja ^b   Donley, Elizabeth ^b   Kitching, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic microdevices; Glass spheres; Micro glass blowing; Microcells; Micromachining; Vapor cells

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GLASS; MICROMACHINING; RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; VISCOSITY;

ATOMIC MICRODEVICES; GLASS SPHERES; MICRO GLASS BLOWING;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 40949143220     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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