Title :
Update of research activities on time and frequency at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Author :
Hama, Shinichi ; Hosokawa, Mizuhiko ; Takahashi, Yukio ; Toriyama, Hiroshi ; Morikawa, Takao
Author_Institution :
National Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan have five time and frequency research and service groups. Those are, Atomic Frequency Standards Group, Time and Frequency Measurements Group, Japanese Standard Time Group, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Group, and Time Applications Group. In this paper, we introduce the recent activities of these five groups.
Keywords :
frequency standards; research initiatives; time measurement; Atomic Frequency Standards Group; Japanese Standard Time Group; NICT; National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Group; Time Applications Group; Time and Frequency Measurements Group; research activities; time and frequency research; Atom optics; Communications technology; Frequency measurement; Global Positioning System; Laser stability; Modems; Optical pumping; Satellites; Standards development; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium and Exposition, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9053-9
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.2005.1573932