Time and Frequency Division
Urgent Notice for Users of the NIST Internet Time Service (ITS)
Be advised that NIST is upgrading the servers and networks that support the ITS. That will result in new addresses for some servers, and the discontinuation of other servers. If you have a hard-coded connection to an ITS server, that address may no longer function. Please check the latest list of ITS servers and addresses as soon as possible. The upgrade process will continue through mid-November. For questions or problems, send email to jlevine@nist.gov.
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Nobel Prize
2012 Nobel Prize in Physics to Dave Wineland of NIST Time and Frequency Division
Dave Wineland, Leader of the Ion Storage Group, shares the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics with Serge Haroche of France "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems." Dave and his colleagues use these techniques for research in quantum information processing, quantum simulation, atomic clocks, and other areas.
More information about Wineland's Ion Storage Group can be found here.
For more information about the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, please see: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2012/
Selected Publications
- An Atomic Clock with 10-18 Instability
- Quantum spin dynamics and entanglement generation with hundreds of trapped ions
- WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks: Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers (2009 edition)
- Complete Methods Set for Scalable Ion Trap Quanum Information Processing
- A Spin-1/2 Optical Lattice Clock
- NIST on a Chip: Realizing SI units with microfabricated alkali vapour cells