Time and Frequency Division
The Time and Frequency Division maintains the standard for frequency and time interval for the United States, provides official time to the United States, and carries out a broad program of research and service activities in time and frequency metrology.
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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