IFCS-EFTF attendees will have the opportunity to visit NIST or JILA on Thursday, April 16.
Space is limited so be sure to reserve early!
Interested partificpants must pre-register for the tours through the conference registration site. Tours are $50 USD per person and include transportation and a boxed lunch. Buses will depart the Colorado Convention Center 12:00 noon on Thursday, April 16 and return by 6:00 pm that evening.
NIST
Capacity: 56 people - This tour is currently full! You may sign up to be on the waiting list through the registration site.
Proposed tour (subject to change):
Group 1:
1. Yb optical lattice clock
2. Trapped Ion Clocks (Al ion and Hg ion)
3. Trapped ion quantum computing
4. Frequency comb development and applications, including microcombs
Group 2:
1. NIST-F1/F2
2. Atomic Devices and Instruments (magnetometry, cold-atom CPT, interferometry)
3. Low phase noise microwaves with optical frequency combs
4. Time scale, time and frequency transfer
JILA
Capacity: 28 people
Proposed tour (subject to change):
1. Sr optical lattice clock
2. Frequency comb development and applications
3. Super-radiant lasers, quantum many-body effects
4. Electron EDM search using trapped molecular ions