2006 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium

Tutorials 4 June 2006, Symposium 5-7 June 2006
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA

IFCS 2006 Student Contest Finalists

Group 1 (Materials, Filters & Resonators) Finalists:

6067 - Comparison of High Temperature Crystal Lattice and Bulk Thermal Expansion Measurements of LGT Single Crystal
Timothy Beaucage, Scott Speakman, Wallace Porter, Andrew Payzant, Eric Beenfeldt, Mauricio Pereira Da Cunha, University of Maine

6111 - Development of High Frequency Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonator Based on Thinned Monocrystalline Lithium Niobate
Dorian Gachon, Gwladys Lengaigne, Ludovic Gauthier-Manuel, Sylvain Ballandras, Vincent Laude, FEMTO-ST Institute

6134 - Conceptual Designs of a High Q, 3.4 GHz Quartz Thin Film Resonator
Mihir Patel, Yook-Kong Yong, Rutgers University

6222 - Orthogonal Frequency Coding for Use in Ultra Wide Band Communications and Correlators
Daniel Gallagher, Nikolai Kozlovski, Donald Malocha, University of Central Florida

Group 2 (Oscillators, Synthesizers, & Noise) Finalists:

6109 - Development of Ultra Low Phase Noise X-Band Oscillators
Rodolphe Boudot, Vincent Giordano, Olivier Llopis, FEMTO-ST Institute

6172 - Optimized Optical Links for High Spectral Purity Ku-Band Signal Distribution
Bertrand Onillon, Benoît Bénazet, Jacques Rayssac, Olivier Llopis, LAAS-CNRS

6201 - Miniature Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) on a CMOS Chip
Jaehyun Lim, Hyunsoo Kim, Kyusun Choi, Thomas Jackson, Dave Kenny, The Pennsylvania State University

6215 - Study of Paramagnetic Properties of Fe3+ ions to realizing Whispering Gallery Maser Oscillator
Karim Benmessai, Pierre-Yves Bourgeois, Mark Oxborrow, Nicolas Bazin, Yann Kersale, Vincent Giordano, FEMTO-ST Institute

6229 - A Local Oscillator for Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks at NIST
Alan Brannon, Milos Jankovic, Jason Breitbarth, Zoya Popovic, University of Colorado

Group 3 (Timekeeping, Optical & Atomic Standards) Finalists:

6020 - A Time and Frequency Measurement Technique Based on Length Vernier
Hui Zhou, Wei Zhou, Xidian University

6057 - An Ultraviolet Diode Laser System for Laser Cooling Trapped Ytterbium Ions
Jonathan Cox, Marko Cetina, Franz Kärtner, David Kielpinski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

6068 - Continuous Light Shift Correction in Modulated CPT Clocks
Vishal Shah, Svenja Knappe, Vladislav Gerginov, John Kitching, University of Colorado

6120 - Electrolytic Fabrication of Atomic Clock Cells
Fei Gong, Yuan-Yu Jau, Katharine Jensen, William Happer, Princeton University

Group 4 (Sensors & Transducers) Finalists:

6056 - Mass Sensitive Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators
Marc Loschonsky, David Eisele, Leonhard Reindl, University of Freiburg - IMTEK

6079 - Remote Electromagnetic Excitation of High-Q Silicon Resonator Sensors
Frieder Lucklum, Bernhard Jakoby, Peter Hauptmann, Nico de Rooij, Johannes Kepler University Linz

6206 - ZnO nanotip-Based QCM Biosensors
Zheng Zhang, Hanhong Chen, Jian Zhong, Ying Chen, Yicheng Lu, Rutgers University

6217 - Characterizing Extracellular Matrix (ecm) Produced by Fibroblasts in Culture Using tsm Resonator
Fang Li, James H-C. Wang, Qing-Ming Wang, University of Pittsburgh

Group 5 (Manufacturing & Test Technology) Finalists:

6107 - High Overtone Bulk Acoustic Resonators Built Using Aluminum Nitride Thin Films Deposited Onto at-Cut Quartz Plates
Jeremy Masson, Dorian Gachon, Sylvain Ballandras, Jean-Michel Fried, FEMTO-ST Institute