Tandem ions may lead the way to better atomic clocks
NIST detects 'ticks' in aluminum, with help from intermediary atom
01-Aug-2005 -
Physicists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used the natural oscillations of two different types of charged atoms, or ions, confined together in a single trap, to produce the "ticks" that may power a future atomic clock.
As reported in the ...
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