Lalgudi Venkatraman, VinuPétremand, Y.Affolderbach, C.Mileti, G.de Rooij, N.Shea, Herbert2011-08-182011-08-182011-08-18201110.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969724https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/70172We report on the micro-fabrication and characterization of a chip-scale plasma light source based on a Rubidium (Rb) vapor cell. The Rb plasma light source is intended for use as an integrated optical pump-light source in miniature double-resonance Rb atomic clocks [1, 5]. The RF plasma is capacitively coupled using external electrodes, and the light source is impedance matched to the source for frequencies between 1 and 36 MHz. Rb vapor cells have been previously developed as reference cells for atomic clocks but not as light sources. This is the first reported Rb plasma emitted from a chip-scale device. Stable light emission is observed for over 18 days.Plasma light sourcerubidiumchip-scale atomic clocksanodic bondingtext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper