EXPERIMENTAL NEXT GENERATION CHIP SCALE ATOMIC CLOCK

EXPERIMENTAL NEXT-GENERATION CHIP-SCALE ATOMIC CLOCK

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated an experimental, next-generation atomic clock—ticking at high “optical” frequencies—that is much smaller than usual, made of just three small chips plus supporting electronics and optics. Described in Optica, the chip-scale clock is based on the vibrations, or “ticks,” of rubidium atoms confined in a tiny […]

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