Neglected Atom Has Top Properties for Atomic Clocks 2 (IMAGE)

Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore

Neglected Atom Has Top Properties for Atomic Clocks 2

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Look into the heart of an atomic clock. Here, a single atom is trapped in the metal vacuum chamber with the round window. The clock's tick comes from a laser tuned to interact with this atom.

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Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore

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To be used only in reporting on the paper "Blackbody radiation shift assessment for a lutetium ion clock" Nature Communications 9, 1650 (2018)

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