“That said, winning an award like the PECASE is validation that what I do makes a difference and for that I am humbled and grateful.” “If my research is successful then it may improve technology or help other researchers and that is what drives me,” says Quinlan. While embarking on new research, Quinlan does not consider whether or not it is award-winning work. Quinlan’s technique reduces the jitter allowing technology to function better. Timing jitter slows high-speed communications, blurs radar images, causes GPS location errors, and limits the performance of atomic clocks.
Why is this important? Many key technologies increasingly rely on tightly controlled electromagnetic signals with extremely small timing jitter. In other words, because of his research, the world’s most stable microwave signals are now generated by techniques pioneered by Quinlan. Department of Commerce, he was recognized for creating new pulsed-laser systems that allowed him and his team to defy 40-year-old theory to generate the world’s most stable electromagnetic signals spanning radiofrequency, microwave and optical ranges, and a 10,000-fold improvement in the ability to measure those signals.
But in 2019 he won the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government to outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent research careers and showing exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology. When Franklyn Quinlan was a high school physics teacher, he never dreamed he would one day receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
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