Reconfigurable and Portable Ultracold Matter Systems Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Topic No.: N091-079 Topic Title: Reconfigurable and Portable Ultracold Matter Systems Proposal No.: N091-079-0019 Firm: ColdQuanta 5470 Conestoga Court Boulder, Colorado 80301 Contact: Jeramy Hughes Phone: (303) 440-1284 Web Site: www.coldquanta.com Abstract: Ultracold atoms have shown incredible potential in precision time keeping as well as numerous sensing applications such as high sensitivity magnetometry, precision low-drift inertial navigation, and precision gravitational sensing. Most of the pioneering work related to demonstrating the use of ultracold atoms for these applications has been done on full-sized experimental units that currently occupy entire university or government research laboratories. For years the promise of ultracold for application has been met by technical obstacles, namely the difficulty of producing ultracold matter. ColdQuanta's commercially available miniature atom chip cell has already begun to address this issue by simplifying the rout to forming ultracold matter. For this SBIR we propose a complete and compact system for attaining ultracold matter in the form of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) that is based on ColdQuanta's chip cell technology. Our vision is that this development work will lead to further the accessibility and development of ultracold atom technology and applications. Benefits: The result of a successful Phase I & II project would lead to an optimized prototype of a complete & compact portable ultracold matter source. This prototype would be ready for production in smaller quantities and, with some added productization efforts, be the basis for larger quantities manufacturing if demand exists. The system could also be the basis for reference platforms for various applications based on ultracold atom-chip technology; such applications could be made available by application providers or DoD prime contractors. ColdQuanta would innovate and deliver new technology by designing and supplying miniature ultracold atom chip systems in support of DoD research and development needs. This compact portable ultracold matter source can be a big boost for the development of instruments, systems, and further reference platforms based on core ultracold matter technology in general. To the best of the company's knowledge there is currently no commercial provider for any complete ultracold matter source; and ColdQuanta's RuBECiT atom-chip cell being the only advanced commercially available ultracold matter device. The proof of the viability of a complete, reconfigurable, and portable ultracold matter source has the potential to create even more demand for ultracold devices and systems, as well as ignite development of prototypes for other application reference platforms. Return