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Articles in peer-reviewed journals

  1. E. Batori, N. Almat, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, GNSS-grade Space Atomic Frequency Standards: Current Status and Ongoing Developments, Advances in Space Research 2020, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2020.09.012

  2. N. Almat, M. Gharavipour, W. Moreno, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Long-Term Stability Analysis Toward <10-14 Level for a Highly Compact POP Rb Cell Atomic Clock, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 67(1), 207 – 216 (2020). doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2019.2940903

  3. W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, N. Almat, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, G. Mileti, Impact of microwave-field inhomogeneity in an alkali vapour cell using Ramsey double-resonance spectroscopy, Quantum Electronics 49(3), 293 – 297 (2019).doi:10.1070/QEL16883

  4. W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Barometric effect in vapor cell atomic clocks, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 65, 1500-1503 (2018). doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2018.2844020

  5. N. Almat, M. Pellaton, W. Moreno, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Rb vapor-cell clock demonstration with a frequency-doubled telecom laser, Applied Optics 57, 4707-4713 (2018). doi:10.1364/AO.57.004707

  6. C. Affolderbach, W. Moreno, A. E. Ivanov, T. Debogovic, M. Pellaton, A. K. Skrivervik, E. de Rijk, G. Mileti, Study of additive manufactured microwave cavities for pulsed optically pumped atomic clock applications, Applied Physics Letters 112, 113502 (2018). doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2018.2793419 Journal's Editor's Pick

  7. M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, A.K. Skrivervik, A.E. Ivanov, T. Debogovic, E. de Rijk, G. Mileti, 3D printed microwave cavity for atomic clock applications: proof of concept, Electronics Letters 54, 691–693 (2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/el.2017.4176 Electronics Letters editorial about this article

  8. N. Almat, W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Characterization of Frequency-Doubled 1.5-um Lasers for High Performance Rb Clocks, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 65, 919-926 (2018). doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2018.2793419

  9. M. Gharavipour, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, I. S. Radojicic, A. J. Krmpot, B. M. Jelenkovic, G. Mileti, Optically-Detected Spin-Echo method for relaxation times measurements in a Rb atomic vapor, New Journal of Physics 19, 063027 (2017). doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aa73c2

  10. M. Gharavipour, C. Affolderbach, S. Kang, G. Mileti, Double-resonance spectroscopy in Rubidium vapour-cells for high performance and miniature atomic clocks, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 793; 012007 (2017).doi:10.1088/1742-6596/793/1/012007

  11. A.E. Ivanov, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, A. K. Skrivervik, Design of atomic clock cavity based on a loop-gap geometry and modified boundary conditions, International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies 9, 1373-1386 (2017). doi:10.1017/S1759078717000691

  12. M. Gharavipour, C. Affolderbach, S. Kang, T. Bandi, F. Gruet, M. Pellaton, G. Mileti, High performance vapour-cell frequency standards, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 723, 012006 (2016). doi:10.1088/1742-6596/723/1/012006

  13. S. Kang, M. Gharavipour, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Stability limitations from optical detection in Ramsey-type vapour-cell atomic clocks, Electronics Letters 51, 1767-1769 (2015). doi:10.1049/el.2015.1902

  14. C. Affolderbach, G.-X. Du, T. Bandi, A. Horsley, P. Treutlein, G. Mileti, Imaging microwave and DC magnetic fields in a vapor-cell Rb atomic clock, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 64, 3629-3637 (2015). doi:10.1109/TIM.2015.2444261

  15. S. Abdullah, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, G. Mileti, Aging studies on micro-fabricated alkali buffer-gas cells for miniature atomic clocks, Applied Physics Letters 106, 163505 (2015). doi:10.1063/1.4919009

  16. K. Masuda, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, J.-C. Diels, L. Arissian, Self-induced transparency and coherent population trapping of 87Rb vapor in a mode-locked laser, Optics Letters 40, 2146-2149 (2015). doi: 10.1364/OL.40.002146

  17. S. Kang, M. Gharavipour, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, G. Mileti, Demonstration of a high-performance pulsed optically pumped Rb clock based on a compact magnetron-type microwave cavity, Journal of Applied Physics 117, 104510 (2015). doi:10.1063/1.4914493

  18. Y. Zhao, S. Tanner, A. Casagrande, C. Affolderbach, L. Schneller, G. Mileti, P.-A. Farine, A 4.6-GHz, CPT Cesium-Cell Atomic Clock Operation With a 12-mW Frequency Synthesizer ASIC, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 64, 263 - 270 (2015). doi:10.1109/TIM.2014.2329383

  19. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, C. Stefanucci, F. Merli, A. K. Skrivervik, G. Mileti, Compact high-performance continuous-wave double-resonance rubidium standard with 1.4 x 10 -13 t -1/2 stability, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 61, 1769 – 1778 (2014). doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2013.005955

  20. R. Straessle, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, Y. Pétremand, D. Briand, G. Mileti, N. F. de Rooij, Microfabricated alkali vapor cell with anti-relaxation wall coating, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 043502 (2014). doi:10.1063/1.4891248

  21. M. Violetti, M. Pellaton, F. Merli, J.–F. Zürcher, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, A. K. Skrivervik, The Micro Loop-Gap Resonator: A Novel Miniaturized Microwave Cavity for Double-Resonance Rubidium Atomic Clocks, IEEE Journal of Sensors 14, 3193 - 3200 (2014). doi:10.1109/JSEN.2014.2326337

  22. V. Venkatraman, S. Kang, C. Affolderbach, H. Shea, G. Mileti, Optical pumping in a microfabricated Rb vapor cell using a microfabricated Rb discharge light source, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 054104 (2014). doi:10.1063/1.4864080

  23. A. Horsley, G.-X. Du, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, P. Treutlein, Imaging of Relaxation Times and Microwave Field Strength in a Microfabricated Vapor Cell, Phys. Rev. A 88, 063407 (2013). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.88.063407

  24. F. Gruet, F. Vecchio, C. Affolderbach, Y. Pétremand, N. F. de Rooij, T. Maeder, G. Mileti, A Miniature Frequency-Stabilized VCSEL system emitting at 795 nm based on LTCC modules, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 51, 1023–1027 (2013). doi:10.1016/j.optlaseng.2013.03.009

  25. F. Gruet, E. Kroemer, L. Bimboes, D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, A. Al-Samaneh, D. Wahl, R. Boudot, G. Mileti, R. Michalzik, Metrological Characterization of Custom-Designed 894.6 nm VCSELs for Miniature Atomic Clocks, Optics Express 21 (5), 5781-5792 (2013). doi:10.1364/OE.21.005781

  26. R. Straessle, M. Pellaton, Y. Pétremand, C. Affolderbach, D. Briand, G. Mileti, and N.F. de Rooij, Low-temperature indium-bonded alkali vapor-cells for chip-scale atomic clocks, Journal of Applied Physics 113,064501 (2013). doi:10.1063/1.4789942

  27. C. Stefanucci, T. Bandi, F. Merli, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, A. K. Skrivervik, Compact Microwave Cavity for High Performance Rubidium Frequency Standards, Review of Scientific Instruments 83, 104706 (2012). doi:10.1063/1.4759023

  28. D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, M. Hasegawa, R. Boudot, C. Gorecki, G. Mileti, AC Stark-shift in CPT based Cs miniature atomic clocks, Applied Physics B 109, 89-97 (2012). doi:10.1007/s00340-012-5121-7

  29. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Laser-Pumped Paraffin-Coated Cell Rubidium Frequency Standard, Journal of Applied Physics 111, 124906 (2012). doi:10.1063/1.4729570

  30. Y. Pétremand, C. Affolderbach, R. Straessle, M. Pellaton, D. Briand, G. Mileti, N. F. de Rooij, Microfabricated rubidium vapour-cell with a thick glass core for small scale atomic clock applications, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 22, 025013 (2012). doi:10.1088/0960-1317/22/2/025013

  31. V. Venkatraman, Y. Pétremand, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, N. F. de Rooij, H. Shea, Microfabricated chip-scale rubidium plasma light source for miniature atomic clocks, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 59, 448 – 456 (2012). doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2214

  32. S. Micalizio, A. Godone, C. Calosso, F. Levi, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, Pulsed Optically Pumped Rb Clock with High Frequency Stability Performances, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 59, 457 – 462 (2012). doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2215

  33. M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, Y. Pétremand, N. F. de Rooij, G. Mileti, Study of laser-pumped double-resonance clock signals using a microfabricated cell, Physica Scripta T149, 014013 (2012). doi:10.1088/0031-8949/2012/T149/014013

  34. D. Miletic, T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, AC Stark shift in Double Resonance and Coherent Population Trapping in a wall-coated cell for compact Rb atomic clocks, Physica Scripta T149, 014012 (2012). doi:10.1088/0031-8949/2012/T149/014012

  35. R. Matthey, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Methods and evaluation of frequency aging in distributed-feedback laser diodes for rubidium atomic clocks, Optics Letters 36, 3311-3313 (2011). doi:10.1364/OL.36.003311

  36. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, C. E. Calosso, G. Mileti, High-Performance Laser-Pumped Rubidium Frequency Standard for Satellite Navigation, Electronics Letters 47, 698-699 (2011). doi:10.1049/el.2011.0389

  37. R. Boudot, D. Miletic, P. Dziuban, C. Affolderbach, P. Knapkiewicz, J. Dziuban, G. Mileti, V. Giordano, and C. Gorecki, First-order cancellation of the Cs clock frequency temperature-dependence in Ne-Ar buffer gas mixture, Optics Express 19, 3106–3114 (2011). doi:10.1364/OE.19.003106

  38. S. Schilt, R. Matthey, D. Kauffmann-Werner, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, L. Thévenaz, Laser offset-frequency locking up to 20 GHz using a low-frequency electrical filter technique, Applied Optics 47, 4336 - 4344 (2008). doi:10.1364/AO.47.004336

  39. R. Matthey, S. Schilt, D. Werner, C. Affolderbach, L. Thévenaz, G. Mileti, Diode laser frequency stabilisation for water-vapour differential absorption sensing, Applied Physics B 85, Special issue on “Trends in laser sources, spectroscopic techniques and their application to trace gas detection”, 477 – 485 (2006). doi:10.1007/s00340-006-2358-z

  40. C. Affolderbach, F. Droz, G. Mileti : Experimental Demonstration of a Compact and High-Performance Laser-Pumped Rubidium Gas-Cell Atomic Frequency Standard, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 55, 429 – 435 (2006). doi:10.1109/TIM.2006.870331

  41. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti: A compact laser head with high frequency stability for Rb atomic clocks and optical instrumentation, Review of Scientific Instruments 76, 073108 (2005). doi:10.1063/1.1979493

  42. C. Affolderbach, C. Andreeva, S. Cartaleva, T. Karaulanov, G. Mileti, D. Slavov: Light shift suppression in laser optically-pumped vapour-cell atomic frequency standards, Applied Physics B 80, 841 – 848 (2005). doi:10.1007/s00340-005-1804-7

  43. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti: Tuneable, stabilised diode lasers for compact atomic frequency standards and precision wavelength references, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 43, 291 – 302 (2005). doi:10.1016/j.optlaseng.2004.02.009

  44. S. Knappe, M. Stahler, C. Affolderbach, A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin, R. Wynands, Simple parameterization of dark-resonance line shapes, Applied Physics B 76, 57 – 63 (2003).doi:10.1007/s00340-002-1072-8

  45. C. Affolderbach, M. Stähler, S. Knappe, R. Wynands: An all-optical, high-sensitivity magnetic gradiometer, Applied Physics B 75, 605 – 612 (2002). doi:10.1007/s00340-002-0959-8

  46. C. Affolderbach, S. Knappe, R. Wynands, A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin: Electromagnetically induced transparency and absorption in a standing wave, Phys. Rev. A 65, 043810 (2002). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.65.043810

  47. M. Stähler, S. Knappe, C. Affolderbach, W. Kemp, R. Wynands: Picotesla magnetometry with coherent dark states, Europhys. Lett. 53, 323-328 (2001). doi:10.1209/epl/i2001-00245-y

  48. A. Nagel, C. Affolderbach, S. Knappe, R. Wynands: Influence of excited-state hyperfine structure on ground-state coherence, Phys. Rev. A 61, 012504 (2000). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.61.012504

  49. S. Knappe, W. Kemp, C. Affolderbach, A. Nagel, R. Wynands: Splitting of coherent population trapping resonances by the nuclear magnetic moment, Phys. Rev. A 61, 012508 (2000). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.61.012508

  50. C. Affolderbach, A. Nagel, S. Knappe, C. Jung, D. Wiedenmann, R. Wynands: Nonlinear spectroscopy with a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), Appl. Phys. B 70, 407 (2000). doi:10.1007/s003409900133



Book contributions

  1. C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, D. Miletic, G. Mileti, Optimizing a high-stability cw laser-pumped Rubidium gas-cell frequency standard, 7th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, USA, October 5-11 2008, editor L. Maleki, World Scientific, pp. 363-367 (2009).


International conferences with proceedings

(presenting author underlined)

  1. E. Batori, N. Almat, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, G. Mileti, High-Performance Pulsed Laser-Pumped Rb Clock for GNSS, proceedings of the European Navigation Conference 2020, ENC 2020 (online), Dresden, Germany, November 23-24, 2020. (oral presentation)

  2. N. Almat, M. Gharavipour, W. Moreno, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Long-Term Stability Analysis Towards < 10-14 Level for a Highly Compact POP Rb Cell Atomic Clock, proceedings of the joint Internation Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Orlando FL, USA, April 14-18, 2019. (oral presentation MoAT2.5)

  3. W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, N. Almat, M. Gharavipour, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Investigations on Microwave Power Shift in Compact Vapor-Cell Atomic Clock, proceedings of the joint Internation Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Orlando FL, USA, April 14-18, 2019. (poster presentation TuPoS.26)

  4. G. W. Hoth, R. Elvin, M. Wright, B. Lewis, A. Arnold, P. Griffin, E. Riis, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Impact of Laser Frequency Noise in Coherent Population Trapping with Cold Atoms, proceedings of the joint Internation Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Orlando FL, USA, April 14-18, 2019. (oral presentation MoAT2.1)

  5. C. Affolderbach, N. Almat, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, G. Mileti, Selected studies on high performance laser-pumped Rubidium atomic clocks, proceedings of the Internation Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS), Olympic Valley, California, USA, May 22-24, 2018, pp. 499-504. (oral presentation ThO2.3)

  6. W. Moreno, C. Affolderbach, A. E. Ivanov, T. Debogovic, M. Pellaton, A. K. Skrivervik, E. de Rijk, G. Mileti, Ramsey-mode Rb cell clock demonstration with a 3D-printed microwave cavity, proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Torino, Italy, April 10-12, 2018, pp. 75-79. (oral presentation C4L-B4)

  7. N. Almat, W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Cell-Based Stabilized Laser Sources and Light-Shifts in Pulsed Rb Atomic Clocks, proceedings of the joint European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS), Besançon, France, July 9-13, 2017, pp. 63-65. (oral presentation A2P-D and student poster competition finalist, poster #1394)

  8. M.Gharavipour, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, I. S. Radojicic, A. J. Krmpot B. M. Jelenkovic, G. Mileti, Impact of Static-Magnetic-Field-Gradients on Relaxation Times in a Rb Vapor Cell, proceedings of the joint European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS), Besançon, France, July 9-13, 2017, pp. 57-59. (oral presentation & poster #1132)

  9. F. Gruet, R. Matthey, C. Affolderbach, N. Almat, G. Mileti, Methods and Setup for Spectral Characterization of Laser Diodes for Atomic Clocks, Proceedings of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO), Biarritz, France, October 18-21, 2016. Poster 113 (poster presentation)

  10. A. E. Ivanov, A. K. Skrivervik, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Compact Microwave Cavity with Increased Magnetic Field Homogeneity, Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation EUCAP 2016, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016. doi:10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7481873 (poster presentation)

  11. R. Matthey, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, N. Von Bandel, M. Garcia, M. Krakowski, P. Berthoud, G. Mileti, Development and spectral characterisation of ridge DFB laser diodes for Cs optical pumping at 894 nm, proceedings of the 30th European Frequency and Time Forum EFTF, York, UK, April 4-7, 2016. In press. (poster presentation #1145)

  12. C. Affolderbach, M. Gharavipour, S. Kang, F. Gruet, G. Mileti, Towards a highly compact Rb atomic clock with improved stability for space applications, Proceedings of the 5th International Colloquium on Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, Braunschweig, Germany, October 27-29, 2015. Paper 061. (oral presentation) outstanding contribution recognition

  13. (invited) C. Affolderbach, T. Bandi, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, S. Kang, S. Karlen, M. Pellaton, G. Mileti, High performance and miniature vapor cell frequency standards, 8th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, Potsdam, Germany, October 12-16, 2015, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, p.012006. (invited oral presentation)

  14. F. Levi, C. E. Calosso, A. Godone, B. François, S. Micalizio, R. Boudot, C. Affolderbach, S. Kang, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, G. Mileti, Pulsed Optically Pumped Rb clock, 8th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, Potsdam, Germany, October 12-16, 2015, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, p.012015. (poster presentation)

  15. C. Affolderbach, G.-X. Du, T. Bandi, A. Horsley, P. Treutlein, G. Mileti, Imaging the Static Magnetic Field Distribution in a Vapor Cell Atomic Clock, proceedings of the joint International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Denver CO, USA, April 13 - 16, 2015, pp. 21-24. (oral presentation)

  16. S. Kang, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Compact and high-performance Rb clock based on pulsed optical pumping for industrial application, proceedings of the joint International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Denver CO, USA, April 13 - 16, 2015, pp. 800-803. (oral presentation)

  17. S. Micalizio, F. Levi, A. Godone, C. E. Calosso, B. François, S. Guérandel, D. Holleville, E. De Clercq, L. De Sarlo, P. Yun, J. M. Danet, M. Langlois, R. Boudot, M A. Hafiz, E. Sahin, C. Affolderbach, S. Kang, F. Gruet, M. Gharavipour, G. Mileti, B. Desruelle, Compact Clocks for Industrial Applications: the EMRP Project IND 55 MClocks, proceedings of the joint International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Denver CO, USA, April 13 - 16, 2015, pp. 456-461. (poster presentation)

  18. M. Pellaton, R. Straessle, C. Affolderbach, Y. Pétremand, D. Briand, N. F. de Rooij, G. Mileti, Spectroscopy in a micro-fabricated Rb cell with anti-relaxation wall-coating, proceedings of the 28th European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Neuchatel, Switzerland, June 22 - 26, 2014, pp. 554-557. (oral presentation)

  19. S. Kang, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, M. Gharavipour, C. E. Calosso, G. Mileti, Pulsed Optical Pumping in a Rb Vapour Cell Using a Compact Magnetron-Type Microwave cavity, proceedings of the 28th European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Neuchatel, Switzerland, June 22 - 26, 2014, pp. 545-547. (oral presentation)

  20. S. Abdullah, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, Y. Pétremand, G. Mileti, Aging study on a micro-fabricated Cs buffer-gas cell for atomic clock applications, proceedings of the 28th European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Neuchatel, Switzerland, June 22 - 26, 2014, pp. 178-181. (poster presentation)

  21. S. Kang, V. Venkatraman, C. Affolderbach, H. Shea, G. Mileti, Demonstration of optical pumping using a micro-fabricated Rb dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) lamp, proceedings of the 28th European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Neuchatel, Switzerland, June 22 - 26, 2014, pp. 182-185. (poster presentation)

  22. A. Ivanov, T. Bandi, G.-X. Du, A. Horsley, C. Affolderbach, P. Treutlein, G. Mileti, A. K. Skrivervik, Experimental and numerical study of the microwave field distribution in a compact magnetron-type microwave cavity, proceedings of the 28th European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Neuchatel, Switzerland, June 22 - 26, 2014, pp. 208-211. (poster presentation, students’ poster competition finalist)

  23. A. Horsley, G.-X. Du, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, P. Treutlein, Spatially Resolved Measurement of Relaxation Times in a Microfabricated Vapor Cell, proceedings of the 2013 Joint UFFC, EFTF and PFM Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, July 21-25, 2013. pp. 575-578. (oral presentation & student poster competition finalist)

  24. M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, M. Violetti, J.-F. Zürcher, A. K. Skrivervik, Double resonance spectroscopic studies using a new generation of microfabricated microwave cavity, proceedings of the 2013 Joint UFFC, EFTF and PFM Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, July 21-25, 2013. pp. 582-585. (oral presentation)

  25. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, C. Stefanucci, F. Merli, A. K. Skrivervik, Medium- to Long-Term Frequency Stability of High-Performance CW Double-Resonance Rb Standard, proceedings of the 2013 Joint UFFC, EFTF and PFM Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, July 21-25, 2013. pp. 220-223. (poster presentation)

  26. Y. Zhao, S. Tanner, P.-A. Farine, L. Schneller, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, A 15 mW, 4.6 GHz frequency synthesizer ASIC with -85 dBc/Hz at 2 kHz for miniature atomic clocks, proceedings of the 2013 Joint UFFC, EFTF and PFM Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, July 21-25, 2013. (poster presentation)

  27. M. Violetti, C. Affolderbach, F. Merli, J.-F. Zürcher, G. Mileti, and A. Skrivervik, Miniaturized Microwave Cavity for Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standards, proceedings of the 2012 European Microwave Week, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), October 28 – November 2nd, 2012, pp. 1320-1322. (poster presentation)

  28. M. Violetti, C. Affolderbach, F. Merli, J.-F. Zürcher, G. Mileti, and A. Skrivervik, New Miniaturized Microwave Cavity for Rubidium Atomic Clocks, proceedings of IEEE Sensors conference, Taipei (Taiwan), October 26-31, 2012, pp. 315-318. (oral presentation)

  29. F. Gruet, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, T. Bandi, R. Matthey, G. Mileti, Compact and Frequency Stabilized Laser Heads for Rubidium Atomic Clocks, Proceedings of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO), Ajaccio, Corsica, 9 – 12 October, 2012, paper 0048 (2012). (poster presentation)

  30. (invited) T. Bandi, M. Pellaton, D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, R. Matthey, G. Mileti, C. Stefanucci, M. Violetti, F. Merli, J.-F. Zürcher, A. K. Skrivervik, Double Resonance in Alkali Vapor Cells for High Performance and Miniature Atomic Clocks, Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Baltimore, USA, May 21-25, 2012, pp. 686-691. (invited oral presentation)

  31. R. Straessle, Y. Pétremand, D. Briand, N.F. de Rooij, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Micro-fabricated alkali vapor cells sealed at low temperatures with thin-film metallic bonding, Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Baltimore, USA, May 21-25, 2012, pp.127-130. (poster presentation)

  32. M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, R. Straessle, D. Briand, N. F. De Rooij, Wall-Coated Cells for Rb Atomic Clocks: Study of the Ripening Process by Double-Resonance Spectroscopy, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Gothenburg, Sweden, April 24-27, 2012. (poster presentation & student poster competition finalist)

  33. R. Straessle, Y. Pétremand, D. Briand, N.F. de Rooij, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Towards wall-coated microfabricated cells: Alkali vapor-cells using indium thin-film low-temperature bonding, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Gothenburg, Sweden, April 24-27, 2012. (poster presentation)

  34. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, C. E. Calosso, C. Stefanucci, F. Merli, A. K. Skrivervik, Laser-pumped high-performance compact gas-cell Rb standard with < 3x10-13 t-1/2 stability, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Gothenburg, Sweden, April 24-27, 2012. (oral presentation)

  35. V. Venkatraman, H. Shea, Y. Pétremand, N. De Rooij, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Optimization of a Chip-Scale Rb Plasma Discharge Light Source: Effects of RF Drive Frequency and Cell Impedance, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Gothenburg, Sweden, April 24-27, 2012. (poster presentation)

  36. R. Straessle, M. Pellaton, Y. Pétremand, D. Briand, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, and N. F. de Rooij, Low-Temperature Indium Hermetic Sealing of Alkali Vapor-Cells for Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks, Proceedings of the 25th IEEE MEMS conference, Paris, France, January 29 – February 2nd, 2012, pp. 361 – 364. (poster presentation)

  37. (invited) V. Venkatraman, Y. Petremand, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, N. de Rooij, H. Shea, Chip-scale rubidium dielectric barrier discharge lamp for miniature atomic clocks and magnetometers, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science, Aichi, Japan, March 4-8, 2012. (invited oral presentation)

  38. C. Affolderbach, T. Bandi, R. Matthey, F. Gruet, M. Pellaton, G. Mileti, Compact, High-Stability Rb Atomic Clocks for Space, Proceedings of the 3rd International Colloquium - Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, August 31 - 2 September 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark. ESA proceedings WPP-326, paper 1400 (oral presentation).

  39. V. Venkatraman, Y. Pétremand, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, N. F. De Rooij, and H. Shea, Microfabrication and packaging of a Rubidium vapour cell as plasma light source for MEMS atomic clocks, 16th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers’11, Beijing, China, June 5-9, 2011. pp. 1907 - 1910 (oral presentation)

  40. D. Miletic, T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach and G. Mileti, Light shift of double resonance and coherent population trapping in wall-coated cells for compact Rb clocks, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), San Francisco, May 2-5, 2011, pp. 203 – 205. (poster presentation)

  41. C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, R. Matthey, G. Mileti, A compact laser-pumped Rb clock with 5x10-13 t-1/2 frequency stability, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), San Francisco, May 2-5, 2011, pp. 944 - 946. (oral presentation)

  42. D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, M. Hasegawa, C. Gorecki, Light Shift in CPT Based Cs Miniature Atomic Clocks, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), San Francisco, May 2-5, 2011, pp. 200 – 202. (poster presentation)

  43. M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Y. Pétremand, N. F. de Rooij, Laser-pumped double-resonance clock using a micro-fabricated cell, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE Internat. Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), San Francisco, May 2-5, 2011, p. 604-606. (poster presentation)

  44. V. Venkatraman, H. Shea, Y. Pétremand, N. F. de Rooij, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Low-Power Chip-Scale Rubidium Plasma Light Source for Miniature Atomic Clocks, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), San Francisco, May 2-5, 2011, pp. 804 - 807. (poster presentation & student poster competition finalist)

  45. Y. Pétremand, R. Straessle, N. F. de Rooij, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Multiple stack anodically bonded 4 mm thick Rb vapor cell, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS), San Francisco, May 2-5, 2011, pp. 233 – 235. (poster presentation)

  46. T. Bandi, G. Mileti, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, C. Calosso, Investigations on improved Rb cell standards, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), San Francisco, May 2-5, 2011, pp. 236 – 238. (poster presentation)

  47. S. Micalizio, C. E. Calosso, A. Godone and F. Levi, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, Pulsed Optically Pumped Rb Clock with High Frequency Stability Performances, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), San Francisco, May 2-5, 2011, pp. 947 - 950. (oral presentation)

  48. D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Spectroscopy of micro-fabricated Cs vapour cells for miniature atomic clocks, 16th International School on Quantum Electronics "Laser Physics and Applications, ISQE, September 20 - 24, 2010, Nesebar, Bulgaria, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 7747, 77470F-1 (2010). (poster presentation)

  49. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Studies on an improved compact physics package for Rb cell standards, 42nd Annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) systems and applications meeting, Reston VA, USA, November 15 - 18, 2010. pp. 329 - 342 (poster presentation)

  50. J. Di Francesco, F. Gruet, C. Schori, C. Affolderbach, R. Matthey, G. Mileti, Y. Salvadé, Y. Petremand, N. De Rooij, Evaluation of the frequency stability of a VCSEL locked to a micro-fabricated Rubidium vapour cell, SPIE Photonics Europe, Bruxelles, April 12 - 16, 2010. Proc. SPIE 7720, pp.77201T-1 — 77201T-9 (2011). (poster presentation)

  51. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Study of Rb 0-0 hyperfine double resonance transition in a wall-coated cell, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL, April 13 - 16, 2010. paper p117. (poster presentation)

  52. C. Affolderbach, R. Matthey, F. Gruet, T. Bandi, G. Mileti, Realisation of a compact laser pumped Rubidium frequency standard with < 10-12 stability at 1 second, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), ESA-ESTEC, NL, April 13 - 16, 2010. paper 11_02. (oral presentation)

  53. D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, E. Breschi, C. Schori,G. Mileti, M. Hasegawa, R. Chutani, P. Dziuban, R. Boudot, V. Giordano, C. Gorecki, Fabrication and spectroscopy of Cs vapour cells with buffer gas for miniature atomic clock, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL, April 13 - 16, 2010. paper p113. (poster presentation)

  54. S. Micalizio, A. Godone, F. Levi, C. Calosso, T. Bandi, M. Pellaton, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Pulsed optically pumped Rb clock with optical detection: first results, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL, April 13 - 16, 2010. paper p116. (poster presentation)

  55. F. Gruet, D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, V. Vilokkinen, P. Melanen, Spectral characterization of aged and non-aged 894 nm DFB for their application in Cs atomic clocks, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Reliability of Optoelectronics for Space (ISROS), May 11-14 2009, Cagliari Italy, pp. 295-299. (Poster presentation)

  56. G. A. Kazakov, A. N. Litvinov, B. G. Matisov, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, J. Delporte, Wall-Coated Alkali Vapor Cells: Coherent Resonance Population Trapping and Double Radio Optical Resonance, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum, April 23-25, 2008, Toulouse France. (Poster)

  57. G. Mileti, C. Affolderbach, E. Breschi, C. Schori, P. Scherler, P. Thomann, Recherches sur les horloges atomiques miniatures et optiques, Actes du Congrès International de Chronométrie 2007: Horlogerie et automobile, Colombier, Switzerland, September 26 - 27, 2007. (oral presentation)

  58. R. Giannini, E. Breschi, C. Affolderbach, G. Bison, G. Mileti, H. P. Herzig, A. Weis, Sub-Doppler diode laser frequency stabilization with the DAVLL scheme on the D1 line of a 87Rb vapor cell, Proc. 14th International School on Quantum Electronics (ISQE), Burgas (BG), September 2006, Proc. SPIE vol. 6604. pp. 6640L-1 - 6640L-5. (Poster)

  59. C. Affolderbach, S. Lecomte, E. Breschi, C. Schori, G. Mileti, M. Fischer, A. Sizmann, R. Holzwarth, Application potentials of gas-cell atomic clock techniques for optical frequency combs, International Workshop on Optical Frequency Combs for Space, NPL Teddington (UK), October 2006. (Poster)

  60. C. Affolderbach, E. Breschi, C. Schori, G. Mileti, Gas-Cell Atomic Clocks for Space: New Results and Alternative Schemes, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Space Optics, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, June 27 - 30, 2006 (ESA SP-621, June 2006). (oral presentation)

  61. R. Matthey, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, S. Schilt, D. Werner, S.-H. Chin, L. Abrardi, L. Thévenaz, Frequency-Stabilised Laser Reference System for Trace-Gas Sensing Applications from Space, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Space Optics, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, June 27 - 30, 2006 (ESA SP-621, June 2006). (oral presentation)

  62. G. Kazakov, B. Matisov, I. Mazets, E. Breschi, C. Schori, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, J. Delporte, Magneto-Insensitive Absorption Narrow Peak for All-Optical Rubidium Frequency Standard, European Frequency and Time Forum, Braunschweig, Germany, March 27 - 30, 2006. pp. 246 - 252. (Poster)

  63. D. Slavov, C. Affolderbach, A. Mc Kee, W. Meredith, G. Mileti, Realisation and Spectral Characterization of GaAs/AlGaAs Fabry-Perot (RWL) Laser Diodes for Optical Pumping in Rubidium Atomic Clocks, ESA Special Publication “First Workshop on Optical Clocks”, pp. 125-132, (2006). (Poster)

  64. D. Slavov, C. Affolderbach, N. Laleu, S. Lecomte, P. Berthoud, G. Erbert, A. Klehr, H. Wenzel, G. Mileti, DFB laser diodes for laser-pumped Cesium beam atomic clocks, ESA Special Publication “First Workshop on Optical Clocks”, pp. 147-153, (2006). (Poster)

  65. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Laser diodes and vapour cells for Rubidium atomic clocks, ESA Special Publication “First Workshop on Optical Clocks”, pp. 19-26, (2005). (oral presentation)

  66. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Laser optical pumping in Rb vapour-cell atomic clocks, 13th International School on Quantum Electronics "Laser physics and applications", Burgas (BG), 2004. Proceedings of the SPIE, vol. 5830, pp. 159-169 (2005).

  67. D. Slavov, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Spectral characterisation of tuneable, narrow-band diode lasers for Rb atomic spectroscopy and precision instruments, 13th International School on Quantum Electronics "Laser physics and applications", Burgas, Bulgaria, 2004. Proceedings of the SPIE, vol. 5830, pp. 281-285 (2005).

  68. G. Mileti, C. Affolderbach, A compact, frequency stabilised laser head for space Rb clocks and wavelength references, Proceedings of the International Conference of Space Optics (ICSO), Toulouse, France, March 30 - April 2nd, 2004. ESA Special Publication SP-554. (oral presentation)

  69. C. Affolderbach, A. Vuillemin, R. Matthey, G. Mileti, Development of tunable, narrow-band, and frequency stabilised laser heads in Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel, Proceedings of the International Conference of Space Optics (ICSO), Toulouse, France, March 30 - April 2nd, 2004. ESA Special Publication SP-554 (Poster)

  70. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, A compact, high performance laser-pumped Rb frequency standard, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Guildford, UK, April 5 - 7, 2004. paper 54. (oral presentation)

  71. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, D. Slavov, C. Andreeva, S. Cartaleva, Comparison of simple and compact "Doppler" and "Sub-Doppler" laser frequency stabilisation schemes, Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Guildford, UK, April 5 - 7, 2004. paper 84. (Poster)

  72. G. Mileti, C. Affolderbach, Development of new rubidium clocks in Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel, Proceedings of the Precise Time and Time Interval Systems Meeting (PTTI), San Diego CA, USA, December 2003. pp. 498 – 497. (Poster)

  73. D. Slavov, C. Andreeva, S. Cartaleva, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Frequency stability comparison of diode lasers locked to Doppler and sub-Doppler resonances, Proceedings of the International Conference on Lasers and Laser Applications (ILLA / LTL), Smolyan (BG), p.168, October 2003. (Poster)

  74. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, D. Slavov, C. Andreeva, S. Cartaleva, Experimental demonstration of light shift suppression in optically-pumped Rb cell atomic clocks, Proceedings of the International Conference on Lasers and Laser Applications (ILLA / LTL) Smolyan (BG), p.155, October 2003. (Poster)

  75. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, A compact, frequency stabilized laser head for optical pumping in space Rb clocks, Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, jointly with the 17th European Frequency and Time Forum, Tampa FL, USA, May 5 - 8, 2003. pp. 109 - 111. (Poster)

  76. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, C. Andreeva, D. Slavov, T. Karaulanov, S. Cartaleva, Reducing light-shift effects in optically-pumped gas-cell atomic frequency standards, Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium jointly with the 17th European Frequency and Time Forum, Tampa FL, USA, May 5 - 8, 2003. pp. 27 - 30. (oral presentation)

  77. A. Nagel, S. Knappe, C. Affolderbach, M. Stähler, R. Wynands: Line shape of coherent population trapping resonances, International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes (ICSLS) XV, Berlin, July 2000. (Poster)

  78. (invited) R. Wynands, C. Affolderbach, L. Hollberg, W. Kemp, J. Kitching, S. Knappe, H. G. Robinson, M. Stähler: Magnetometers and atomic clocks based on VCSEL-prepared dark resonances, 17th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP), Firenze, Italy, June 4 - 7, 2000. (oral presentation)

  79. J. Kitching, N. Vukicevic, L. Hollberg, S. Knappe, C. Affolderbach, R. Wynands, W. Weidemann: A microwave frequency reference based on VCSEL-driven dark line resonances in Cs vapor, IEEE Annual Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS), Kansas City MO, USA, June 6 - 9, 2000, pp. 687 - 693.

  80. C. Affolderbach, W. Kemp, S. Knappe, M. Stähler, R. Wynands: Magnetometer and freuqency standard based on coherently prepared thermal alkali atomic vapors, In: Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) Technical Digest, San Francisco CA, USA, May 7 - 11, 2000. pp. 104 - 105. (oral presentation)

  81. J. Kitching, N. Vukicevic, W. Weidemann, A. S. Zibrov, L. Hollberg, S. Knappe, C. Affolderbach, R. Wynands, A frequency reference based in VCSEL-driven dark line resonances in Cs vapor, In: Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) Technical Digest, San Francisco CA, USA, May 7 - 11, 2000. pp. 105 - 106.

  82. C. Affolderbach, W. Kemp, S. Knappe, A. Nagel, R. Wynands: Nonlinear spectroscopy using a current-modulated VCSEL, OSA Topical Meeting on Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Their Applications (ASLA), Santa Barbara, July 1999. pp. 135 - 140. (oral presentation)



Other conferences and presentations

(without proceedings, presenting author underlined)

  1. N. Almat, W. Moreno, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Long-term stability analysis at 10-14 level of a highly compact vapour-cell atomic clock for GNSS applications, 7th International Colloquium on Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of GNSS, Zurich, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. (oral presentation) best presentation award

  2. N. Almat, W. Moreno, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Long-term stability analysis of a compact Ramsey-scheme vapor-cell atomic clock at 10-14 level, Joint annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society and Austrian Physical Society, Zurich, Switzerland, August 24-28, 2019. (oral presentation 544)

  3. C. Affolderbach, W. Moreno, A. E. Ivanov, T. Debogovic, M. Pellaton, A. K. Skrivervik, E. de Rijk, G. Mileti, High-performance Rb atomic clock demonstration using additive manufactured microwave cavity, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 28-31, 2018. (oral presentation #412)

  4. (invited) C. Affolderbach, N. Almat, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, G. Mileti, Ramsey spectroscopy in vapour-cells for compact high-performance atomic clocks, 8th International Symposium “Modern Problems of Laser Physics” (MPLP-2018), Novosibirsk, Russia, August 27 - September 1st, 2018. (invited oral presentation)

  5. (invited) C. Affolderbach, N. Almat, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, G. Mileti, Double Resonance and CPT Spectroscopy for vapour-Cell Atomic Clocks, Ross Priory Workshop on miniature atomic clocks, Ross Priory, Loch Lomond, UK, November 6-7, 2017. (invited oral presentation)

  6. (invited) C. Affolderbach, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, G. Mileti, Precision measurements for compact vapor-cell atomic clocks, Photonica, Belgrade, Serbia, August 28 - September 1, 2017. (invited oral presentation)

  7. N. Almat, W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Frequency-doubled laser sources stabilized to Rb-cell references, Photonica, Belgrade, Serbia, August 28 - September 1, 2017. (poster presentation #LSM10)

  8. W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Light-shift in pulsed optically pumped Rubidium atomic clock, Photonica, Belgrade, Serbia, August 28 - September 1, 2017. (oral presentation)

  9. C. Affolderbach, N. Almat, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, W. Moreno, M. Pellaton, G. Mileti, Laser-pumped high performance vapor-cell atomic clocks, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-25 August 2017. (invited oral presentation #521)

  10. (invited) C. Affolderbach, N. Almat, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, R. Matthey, W. Moreno, G. Mileti, High performance and miniature laser-pumped vapour-cell frequency standards, 3rd URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science, Tirupati, India, March 1-3, 2017. (invited plenary talk)

  11. (invited) C. Affolderbach, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, R. Matthey, W. Moreno, G. Mileti, Double Resonance Spectroscopy in Rb Vapour Cells for High-Performance and Miniature Atomic Clocks, 7th International Symposium and School Modern Problems of Laser Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia, August 22-28, 2016. (invited oral presentation)

  12. M. Gharavipour, I.S. Radojicic, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, A.J. Krmpot, B.M. Jelenkovic, G. Mileti, Comparison of relaxation times in a Rb vapor-cell measured with different methods, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Lugano, Switzerland, August 23-25, 2016. (oral presentation)

  13. M. Gharavipour, I.S. Radojicic, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, A.J. Krmpot, B.M. Jelenkovic, G. Mileti, Light Shifts Studies in CW and Ramsey Double Resonance Vapor Cell Frequency Standards, 30th European Frequency and Time Forum EFTF, York, UK, April 4-7, 2016. (poster presentation #1099, student poster competition finalist)

  14. M. Gharavipour, I.S. Radojicic, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, A.J. Krmpot, B. M. Jelenkovic, G. Mileti, Relaxation Time Measurements in a Rb Vapor Cell, 30th European Frequency and Time Forum EFTF, York, UK, April 4-7, 2016. (oral presentation #1102)

  15. M. Gharavipour, A.E. Ivanov, C. Affolderbach, A. Skrivervik, G. Mileti, Microwave Cavity Characterization for Rubidium Frequency Standards, 30th European Frequency and Time Forum EFTF, York, UK, April 4-7, 2016. (poster presentation #1101)

  16. A.E. Ivanov, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, A.K. Skrivervik, Study of the Misalignment between Electromagnetic Fields Interacting with Rb Atoms in a Cavity with Losses, 30th European Frequency and Time Forum EFTF, York, UK, April 4-7, 2016. (poster presentation #1072)

  17. C. Affolderbach, S. Kang, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, G. Mileti, Relaxation times and stability studies for a compact pulsed optically pumped vapor cell clock, 8th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, Potsdam, Germany, October 12-16, 2015. (poster presentation)

  18. M. Gharavipour, S. Kang, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Relaxation time measurements in a buffer-gas Rb vapor cell for high-performance Rb atomic clocks, Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian & Swiss Physical Societies, Vienna, Austria, September 1-4, 2015. (poster presentation # 561)

  19. (invited) C. Affolderbach, M. Gharavipour, F. Gruet, S. Kang, G. Mileti, Ramsey spectroscopy for high performance Rubidium vapour cell frequency standards, Photonica, Belgrade, Serbia, August 24-28, 2015. (Invited oral presentation I.9)

  20. M. Gharavipour, S. Kang, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Relaxation time measurements in a 25 mm Rb vapor cell for high-performance Rb atomic clocks, Photonica, Belgrade, Serbia, August 24-28, 2015. (poster presentation # P.QO.5)

  21. P. Berthoud, M. Haldimann, L. Schneller, C. Ducommun, A. Michaud, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, S. Abdullah, G. Mileti, M.Stojanovic, P. Kejik, P.-A. Farine, C. Jacq, G. Farine, T. Maeder, P. Ryser, Y. Pétremand, Quantime: low cost miniature atomic clock for telecom, Joint International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Denver CO, USA, April 13 - 16, 2015. (poster presentation)

  22. K. Masuda, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, J.-C. Diels, L. Arissian, Coherent interaction of intracavity pulses and Rb-87 vapor, Joint International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) and European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Denver CO, USA, April 13 - 16, 2015. (oral presentation)

  23. G.-X. Du, A. Horsley, P. Treutlein, M. Pellaton, T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, In situ imaging of the microwave field of a vapor cell atomic clock, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society (SPS), Fribourg, Switzerland, June 30 – July 2, 2014. (oral presentation no. 513)

  24. A. Horsley, G.-X. Du, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, P. Treutlein, Imaging of Relaxation and Microwave Field Strength in Vapor Cells, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society (SPS), Fribourg, Switzerland, June 30 – July 2, 2014. (poster presentation no. 531)

  25. A. Horsley, G.-X. Du, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, P. Treutlein, Imaging Rb-Wall Interactions and Microwave Fields in Vapor Cells, 28th European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF), Neuchatel, Switzerland, June 22 - 26, 2014. (poster presentation, students’ poster competition winner group 3)

  26. T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, M. Pellaton, F. Gruet, C. Stefanucci, F. Merli, A. K. Skrivervik, C. E. Calosso, G. Mileti, Compact, High-performance CW Double-Resonance Rb frequency Standard : present status, 2013 Joint UFFC, EFTF and PFM Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, July 21-25, 2013. (oral presentation)

  27. A. Horsley, G.-X. Du, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, P. Treutlein, Microfabricated Vapor Cells for Atomic Clock and Microwave Field Sensing Applications, Young Atom Opticians conference 2013 (YAO 2013), Birmingham, UK, April 08-12, 2013. (oral presentation)

  28. G.-X. Du, A. Horsley, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, P. Treutlein, Microwave field imaging using microfabricated vapor cells, DPG Frühjahrstagung, Hannover, Germany, March 18-22, 2013. (oral presentation)

  29. M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, Y. Pétremand, N. F. de Rooij, G. Mileti, Study of laser-pumped double-resonance clock signals using a micro-fabricated cell, 3rd International School and Conference on Photonics Photonica 2011, Belgrade, Serbia, August 29 - September 2, 2011. (poster presentation)

  30. D. Miletic, T. Bandi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, AC Stark-shift in double-resonance and coherent population trapping in wall-coated cells for compact Rb atomic clocks, 3rd International School and Conference on Photonics Photonica 2011, Belgrade, Serbia, August 29 - September 2, 2011. (poster presentation)

  31. C. Affolderbach, M. Pellaton , Y. Petremand, N. De Rooij, G. Mileti, Laser-microwave double-resonance spectroscopy in mm-scale Rb vapour cells for atomic clocks, Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society and Swiss Physical Society, Lausanne, June 15-17, 2011. (oral presentation)

  32. R. Boudot, D. Miletic, P. Dziuban, M. Hasegawa, P. Knapkiewicz, J. Dziuban, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, V. Giordano and C. Gorecki, Cs collisional frequency shift measurements in microcells filled with a Ne-Ar buffer gas mixture,Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS), San Francisco, May 2-5, (2011). (poster presentation)

  33. F. Gruet, L. Bimboes, D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, A. Al-Samaneh, D. Wahl, R. Michalzik, Spectral characterisation of VCSELs emitting at 894.6 nm for CPT-based miniature atomic clocks, European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the XIIth European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), Munich, Germany, 22-26 May, (2011). (poster presentation)

  34. M. Pellaton, Y. Pétremand, C. Affolderbach, N. F. de Rooij, G. Mileti, Laser-pumped double-resonance atomic clock using a micro-fabricated Rubidium cell, European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the XIIth European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), Munich, Germany, 22-26 May, (2011). (oral presentation)

  35. L. Bimboes, F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, R. Matthey, G. Mileti, A. Al-Samaneh, D. Wahl, R. Michalzik, Spectral characterization of 894 nm VCSELs for MEMS atomic clocks, Atelier Arc-et-Senans, September 16-17 (2010). (poster presentation)

  36. F. Gruet, T. Bandi, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, R. Matthey, J. Di Francesco and G. Mileti, Compact stabilized laser heads for frequency standards and spectroscopy, Workshop on Optical Clocks, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM), Torino, Italy December 1 - 3, (2010). (poster presentation)

  37. R. Matthey, C. Affolderbach, E. Breschi, S. Schilt, C. Schori, G. Mileti, Application potentials of gas-cell atomic clock techniques for optical combs, 3rd ESA International workshop on optical atomic clocks, ICAP, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, October 14-16, (2009). (poster presentation)

  38. D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, AC Stark shift and temperature shift in laser pumped Rubidium frequency standards, Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society, Swiss Physical Society, and Austrian Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Innsbruck, Austria, September 2- 4, (2009). (poster presentation)

  39. D. Miletic, C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, M. Durrenberger, G. Mileti, Progress on the optimization of a compact laser-pumped Rubidium frequency standard, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS), Besançon, France, April 20-24, (2009). (poster presentation)

  40. F. Gruet, T. Bandi, D. Mileti, C. Affolderbach, E. Breschi, G. Mileti, Spectral characterization of 780/894 nm DFB laser diodes and wall-coated cell spectroscopy for gas-cell clocks, Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS), Besançon, France, April 20-24, (2009). (poster presentation)

  41. F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Study of laser diodes for optical pumping in Rb atomic clocks, Meeting of the Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy, June 3-6 2008, Lausanne. (Poster)

  42. C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, L. Falco, G. Mileti, Experimental Study of a narrow-linewidth fibre Bragg laser for optical pumping in Rb atomic clocks, Swiss Physical Society Annual Meeting, Geneva, March 26-27, 2008. (Poster)

  43. F. Gruet, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Study of laser diodes for optical pumping in Rb atomic clocks, Atelier Microtechnique à Arc-et-Senans, Laboratoire Européen Associé (LEA), September 8– 9, 2008. (Poster)

  44. C. Affolderbach, F. Gruet, D. Miletic, G. Mileti, Compact Atomic Rubidium Clocks for Satellite Navigation Systems (Galileo), Atelier Microtechnique à Arc-et-Senans, Laboratoire Européen Associé (LEA), September 8 – 9, 2008. (Poster)

  45. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, F. Droz, A laser optically-pumped Rubidium vapour-cell frequency standard using a DFB laser diode, CLEO Europe / EQEC, Munich, June 17-22, 2007. (Poster)

  46. R. Giannini, E. Breschi, C. Affolderbach, G. Bison, G. Mileti, H. P. Herzig, A. Weis, Laser Frequency Stabilization Using Doppler-Free Davll: Physical Effects and Practical Realization, annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Zürich, February 20-21, 2007 (poster).

  47. R. Matthey, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, S. Schilt, D. Werner, S. H. Chin, L. Abrardi, L. Thévenaz, Water vapour DIAL optical frequency reference system, 23rd International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC), Nara City, Japan, July 24 - 28, 2006.

  48. E. Breschi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, G. Kazakov, B. Matisov, I. Mazets, Investigations on the CPT effect in p configuration: the ‘pseudo-resonance’ mechanism, 38th Conference of the European Group for Atomic Spectrosopy, Ischia, Italy, June 7 - 10, 2006. (Poster)

  49. E. Breschi, R. Giannini, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, G. Bison, A. Weis, Comparison of sub-Doppler DAVLL and SA laser frequency stabilization schemes, 38th Conference of the European Group for Atomic Spectrosopy, Ischia, Italy, June 7 - 10, 2006. (Poster).

  50. E. Breschi, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Experimental investigation of Coherent Population Trapping in Rubidium vapor for application in high performance and chip scale atomic clocks, annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Lausanne, February 2006 (oral presentation).

  51. R. Matthey, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, S. Schilt, D. Werner, S.-H. Chin, L. Abrardi, L. Thévenaz, Four-wavelength frequency-stabilised diode laser reference system in the 935-nm region for water vapour sensing, annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Lausanne, February 2006 (Poster)

  52. C. Affolderbach, P. Berthoud, N. Castagna, F. Füzesi, D. Goujon, D. Gritti, J. Guena, A. Jornod, S. Lecomte, A. Maurissen, G. Mileti, M. Plimmer, R. Ruffieux, H. Schweda, P. Thomann, Q. Wang, Schweizer Atomuhren für den Weltraum – Satellitennavigationssystem Galileo, Space Forum ’05 of the Swiss Astronautics Association, October 1st, 2005, Air Force Center Dübendorf. (oral presentation and Poster)

  53. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, F. Droz, A compact, high-performance laser-pumped Rb atomic frequency standard, CLEO Europe / EQEC, Munich, Germany, June 12 -17, 2005. (oral presentation)

  54. R. Matthey, C. Affolderbach, D. Werner, G. Mileti, S. Schilt, L. Thevenaz: Frequency-stabilised laser reference system for water vapour spectroscopy and sensing applications, CLEO Europe / EQEC, Munich, Germany, June 12 - 17, 2005. (Poster)

  55. C. Affolderbach, C. Andreeva, S. Cartaleva, T. Karaulanov, G. Mileti, D. Slavov, Light shift suppression in optically pumped vapour-cell atomic frequency standards by frequency-modulated pump laser light, IV International Symposium on Laser Technologies and Lasers (LTL), Plovdiv (BG), October 2005. (Poster).

  56. S. Schilt, D. Werner, L. Thévenaz, R. Matthey, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Simultaneous Frequency Stabilation of Four Laser Diodes in the 935-nm Water Vapour Spectrum for Space Applications, 5th Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy conference (TDLS2005), Firenze, Italy, July 11 - 15, 2005. (Poster).

  57. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Buffer-gas and AC Stark shift induced effects in laser / microwave double resonance spectroscopy in alkali atomic vapour, 8th European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics (ECAMP8), Rennes, France, July 7 - 10, 2004. (Poster)

  58. D. Slavov, C. Andreeva, S. Cartaleva, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Long-term stability limits of Doppler and sub-Doppler diode laser stabilization for high-precision instruments, 8th European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics (ECAMP8), Rennes, France, July 7 - 10, 2004. (Poster)

  59. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, AC-Stark shift and buffer-gas related effects in laser / microwave double-resonance experiments with a 87Rb atomic vapour, annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Neuchâtel, March 2004 (oral presentation)

  60. A. Vuillemin, C. Affolderbach, R. Matthey, D. Slavov, G. Mileti, Development, characterisation and comparison of tuneable and frequency-controlled laser diodes for research and precision instruments, annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Neuchâtel, March 2004 (Poster)

  61. C. Affolderbach, D. Slavov, C. Andreeva, T. Karaulanov, S. Cartaleva, G. Mileti, Optical Stark shift suppression – demonstration in atomic clocks (abstract title: Experimental demonstration of light shift suppression in optically pumped Rb-cell atomic clocks), EGAS 35 (European Group on Atomic Spectroscopy), Brussels, July 2003. (Poster)

  62. D. Slavov, C. Andreeva, S. Cartaleva, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Frequency stability of diode lasers locked to Doppler- and sub-Doppler resonances (abstract title: Frequency stability comparison of diode lasers locked to Doppler- and sub-Doppler resonances), EGAS 35 (European Group on Atomic Spectroscopy), Brussels, July 2003. (Poster)

  63. R. Wynands, C. Affolderbach, G. Bison, S. Ospelkaus-Schwarzer, A. Weis: Magnetocardiography Using Optical Gradiometers, International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP), Boston, July 2002. (Poster)

  64. C. Affolderbach, R. Wynands, S. Knappe, A.V. Taichenachev, V.I. Yudin: Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and absorption in a Standing Wave, International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC), Moskow, June 2002. (oral presentation)

  65. C. Affolderbach, S. Knappe, A.V. Taichenachev, V.I. Yudin, R. Wynands: Elektromagnetisch induzierte Transparenz (EIT) und Absorption (EIA) in einer optischen Stehwelle, DPG Frühjahrstagung, Osnabrück, March 2002. (oral presentation)

  66. O. Kritsun, C. Affolderbach, H. Metcalf: Velocity Selective Raman Resonances at High Recoil, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 46, S5.020 (DAMOP Meeting 2001 Scientific Program)

  67. C. Affolderbach, O. Kritsun, H. Metcalf: Laser Cooling of Metastable Helium by Velocity Selective Coherent Population Trapping in the Presence of Magnetic Fields, European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics (ECAMP) & DPG Frühjahrstagung, Berlin, April 2001. (Poster)

  68. (invited) C. Affolderbach, W. Kemp, S. Knappe, M. Stähler, R. Wynands: Picotesla magnetometer based on coherently prepared thermal alkali vapors, International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC), Nice, September 2000. (oral presentation)

  69. W. Kemp, C. Affolderbach, S. Knappe, A. Nagel, M. Stähler, R. Wynands: Pikotesla-Magnetometrie mit kohärenten Dunkelzuständen, DPG Frühjahrstagung, Bonn, April 2000. (Oral presentation)

  70. S. Knappe, C. Affolderbach, M. Stähler, R. Wynands, J. Kitching, N. Vukicevic, L. Hollberg: Eine kompakte Frequenzreferenz auf der Basis VCSEL-präparierter kohärenter Dunkelzustände in Cäsiumdampf, DPG Frühjahrstagung, Bonn, April 2000. (oral presentation)

  71. (invited) R. Wynands, C. Affolderbach, W. Kemp, S. Knappe, A. Nagel: Precision spectroscopy with coherent dark states, 14th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (ICOLS), Innsbruck, June 1999. (oral presentation)

  72. C. Affolderbach, W. Kemp, S. Knappe, A. Nagel, R. Wynands: Dark resonance spectroscopy in strong magnetic fields, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), Baltimore, May 1999. (oral presentation)

  73. C. Affolderbach, W. Kemp, S. Knappe, A. Nagel, R. Wynands: Spektroskopie kohärenter Dunkelzustände mit VCSEL-Diodenlasern, DPG Frühjahrstagung, Heidelberg, March 1999 (oral presentation).

  74. S. Knappe, C. Affolderbach, W. Kemp, A. Nagel, R. Wynands: Dunkelresonanzspektroskopie in stärkeren Magnetfeldern, DPG Frühjahrstagung, Heidelberg, March 1999 (oral presentation).

  75. C. Affolderbach, S. Knappe, A. Nagel, R. Wynands: Dark resonance spectroscopy using a VCSEL laser source, German-Russian Laser Symposium, Munich, October 1998. (oral presentation)


Seminars, courses, and public presentations

  1. C. Affolderbach, Le maser à hydrogène et horloges atomiques miniatures, guided visit "sur le coup de midi" at Musée International de l'Horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, October 2nd, 2019.

  2. C. Affolderbach, Small Clocks, course lecture contributed to the 7th European Frequency and Time Seminar EFTS, Besançon, France, July 4, 2019.

  3. C. Affolderbach, Small Clocks, course lecture contributed to the 6th European Frequency and Time Seminar EFTS, Besançon, France, June 28, 2018.

  4. C. Affolderbach, Small Clocks, course lecture contributed to the 5th European Frequency and Time Seminar EFTS, Besançon, France, June 29, 2017.

  5. C. Affolderbach, Small Clocks, course lecture contributed to the 4th European Frequency and Time Seminar EFTS, Besançon, France, June 30, 2016.

  6. C. Affolderbach, Small Clocks, course lecture contributed to the 3rd European Frequency and Time Seminar EFTS, Besançon, France, July 2nd, 2015.

  7. C. Affolderbach, Miniature Atomic Clocks, course lecture contributed to the 2nd European Frequency and Time Seminar EFTS, Besançon, France, July 3rd, 2014.

  8. C. Affolderbach, Coherent Population Trapping (CPT) and Miniature Atomic Clocks, lecture contributed to the CUSO 3rd cycle doctoral school in physics, Programme doctoral de Physique - Atomic clocks: basic principles and applications - Lecture no. 4: Vapour cell and miniature atomic clocks, March 13, 2014.

  9. C. Affolderbach, Miniature Atomic Clocks, course lecture contributed to the 1st European Frequency and Time Seminar EFTS, Besançon, France, August 26-30, 2013.

  10. C. Affolderbach et al., High-performance and miniaturized atomic clocks based on laser-microwave double-resonance, Seminar über Ultrafast Science and Technology, Universität Bern, Institut für Angewandte Physik, March 7, 2013.

  11. C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, Coherent Population Trapping (CPT) and Miniature Atomic Clocks, lecture contributed to the CUSO 3rd cycle doctoral school in physics, Programme doctoral de Physique - Atomic clocks: basic principles and applications, March 22, 2012.

  12. C. Affolderbach, Schweizer Atomuhren im Weltall, public evening seminar in the series „Abenteuer Raumfahrt“, organized by Volkshochschule (VHS) Bern and Schweizerische Raumfahrt-Vereinigung. Bern, Switzerland, February 22, 2011.



Other publications

  1. G. Mileti, C. Affolderbach, F. Droz, E. Murphy, Navigating more precisely with laser clocks, ESA bulletin, vol. 122 (May), pp. 53-58, (2005)

  2. C. Affolderbach, Dark state magnetometers and gradiometers, Dissertation (PhD thesis), Universität Bonn, December 2002.

  3. C. Affolderbach: Dunkelresonanzspektroskopie mit vertikal emittierenden Diodenlasern, Diplomarbeit, Universität Bonn, January 1999.



last updated: 19.11.2020