NIST's second 'quantum logic clock' based on aluminium ion is now world's most precise clock

Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 09:49 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminium atom that is now the world's most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom...

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