Adam Kaufman in JILA Atomic Clock Lab (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Adam Kaufman in JILA Atomic Clock Lab

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JILA/NIST physicist Adam Kaufman adjusts the set-up for a laser that controls and cools the strontium atoms in the optical tweezer clock. The atoms are trapped individually by 10 tweezers -- laser light focused into tiny spots -- inside the square orange container behind Kaufman's hand.

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