Ultrafast all-optical timekeeping system beyond modern technologies
The TIMEKEEPER project is set to redefine the future of timekeeping by leveraging epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) metamaterials to achieve femtosecond precision.
Our all-optical solution is designed to ensure ultra-precise and stable synchronization, minimize the use of expensive electronic components, and significantly reduce drift.
Extremely precise and reliable timekeeping is crucial for current and near future technologies used in data centers, navigation, computing and many other fields.
Our origin is in the aQUARiUM project supported by the European Research Council (ERC) and a Proof-of-Concept grant from ERC. We are supported by Business Finland’s Research to Business (R2B) program.
From conventional electronic approach to all-optical solutions with novel metasurfaces
The developed all-optical time interpolation toolkit will enable extremely high precision of time events at femtosecond scale using ultra-low power and exclude the high-speed electronics and high-temperature complications.
