In an optical atomic clock, atoms are irradiated with laser light. If the laser has exactly the right frequency, the atoms change their quantum mechanical state. All external influences on the atoms ...
Courtesy of EPA Yonhap News On the 18th (local time), researchers from the Chinese Academy of Metrology and the China National Institute of Metrology unveiled the development of a compact cesium ...
The ion trap of the new In+/Yb+-crystal clock in its vacuum chamber. The Ions are trapped in the gap that can be seen in the middle of the picture between the gold electrodes (target). A shown-up ...