But there is a move to replace that definition using optical clocks that are 100 times more accurate than a standard atomic clock. In recent news, the Boulder Atomic Clock Optical Network ...

The most precise clocks in the world will lose only one second every 300 billion years—and someday they might fit in your pocket.

Accurate frequency measurements of a narrow optical clock transition in 171 ... in the quest to develop increasingly accurate atomic clocks. The spectral resolution achieved in the NIST experiment ...

But there is a move to replace that definition using optical clocks that are 100 times more accurate than a standard atomic clock. In recent news, the Boulder Atomic Clock Optical Network ...

The invention – called the optical lattice clock – is a thousand times more accurate than cesium atomic clocks used for international timekeeping and is a contender for redefining how long a ...

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (commonly referred to AMO Physics ... Another frontier pursued by cutting edge research here is the crafting of atom-light interactions so precise that a new ...

My main area of research relates to the development of laser and parametric optical frequency combs and their application to optical atomic clocks, tests of fundamental physics, trace gas sensing, ...

The team's advancement could pave the way for new kinds of optical atomic clocks, devices that track the passage of time by ...

This optical lattice clock is a major candidate for the "definition of a second" of the next generation. The accuracy of the cesium atomic clock, which is the current universal time, has an uncertainty ...

Atomic clocks typically excite cesium atoms ... This resonance could open the path to a nuclear optical clock. The team found that increasing the laser's energy intensity by four orders of ...

This breakthrough, achieved by researchers ... Researchers have demonstrated a new optical atomic clock that uses a single laser and doesn't require cryogenic temperatures. By greatly reducing the ...

But the River Thames is perhaps the choice for the most special deliveries - including an optical atomic clock. A flotilla of 15 boats, led by royal barge Jubilant, has carried the extremely ...