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Optical Lattice Clocks

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Author(s)

Andrew D. Ludlow, Christopher W. Oates

Abstract

Here we introduce and give a basic description of optical lattice clocks. We also briefly describe recent advances in these atomic frequency standards, looking to future work and applications.
Citation
Optics and Photonics News
Volume
26

Keywords

atomic clocks, optical frequency, optical lattice, strontium, ytterbium

Citation

Ludlow, A. and Oates, C. (2015), Optical Lattice Clocks, Optics and Photonics News, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=917636 (Accessed November 6, 2024)

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Created January 1, 2015, Updated February 19, 2017