Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new thermometer using atoms boosted to such high energy levels that they are a thousand times larger than normal.
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 ...
The next generation of atomic clocks "ticks" with the frequency of a laser. This is about 100 000 times faster than the microwave frequencies of the ...
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Courtesy of China National Institute of Metrology China is engaged in fierce competition with the United States to secure precise time information. While the world's most accurate atomic clocks are ...