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| Title: |
Strontium Atomic Clock Demonstrates Super-Fine 'Ticks' |
| Description: |
In JILA's new optical atomic clock, blue laser light is used to cool and trap strontium atoms as the first step before loading them into a "lattice" made of light. The blue light and fluorescing atoms are visible in the magnetic-optical trap, located inside a vacuum chamber.
*PHY, JILA, Boulder
See also http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/strontium_atomic_clock.html.
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| Subjects (names): |
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| Topics/Categories: |
Time & Frequency--Atomic Clocks
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| Type: |
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| Source: |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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appear in print: |
Credit: Martin Boyd and Tetsuya Ido/JILA |
| AV Number: |
06PHY052 |
| Date Created: |
November 30, 2006 |
| Date Entered: |
11/30/2006 |
