Instead of a beam of Cesium atoms being sensed with microwaves, this has a vapor cell sensed with microwave modulated light. This eliminates the finite lifespan previously associated with Cesium Beam atomic clocks.
Unlike Rubidium references, the light is supplied by a solid state laser, eliminating another huge power sink.
I expect these devices have a practically infinite life. What an amazing set of innovations.
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Instead of a beam of Cesium atoms being sensed with microwaves, this has a vapor cell sensed with microwave modulated light. This eliminates the finite lifespan previously associated with Cesium Beam atomic clocks.
Unlike Rubidium references, the light is supplied by a solid state laser, eliminating another huge power sink.
I expect these devices have a practically infinite life. What an amazing set of innovations.
... And yet I've worked with them a few years ago, and they were fragile little beasts which easily broke and stated drifting without warning.
Yikes, that's not good to hear. It sounds like this things have similar problems to the rubidium clocks.