Machine Design

Quantum logic clock is world’s best timekeeper

Move over, mercury. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom, making it ...
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NIST 'quantum logic clock' rivals mercury ion as world's most accurate clock

BOULDER, Colo.- An atomic clock that uses an aluminum atom to apply the logic of computers to the peculiarities of the quantum world now rivals the world's most accurate clock, based on a single ...
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NIST's second 'quantum logic clock' based on aluminum ion is now world's most precise clock

BOULDER, Colo.—Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the ...
Phys.org

World's most precise clock achieves 19-decimal accuracy with aluminum ion technology

There's a new record holder for the most accurate clock in the world. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have improved their atomic clock based on a trapped ...
Machine Design

Quantum logic clock is world's best timekeeper

Move over, mercury. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock Move over, mercury. Physicists at the ...