Phys.org

An optical lattice clock based on strontium atoms achieves unprecedented accuracy

Researchers at the Ye Lab at JILA (the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder) and University of Delaware recently created a highly precise optical ...
Yahoo

Breakthrough: Scientists Create World's First Nuclear Clock Prototype

A huge breakthrough decades in the making was made just a few months ago, and already scientists are realizing its potential: A measurement of the gap between the quantum energy states of a thorium ...
Nature

Countdown to a nuclear clock

An ultra-precise laser synchronized to one of the world’s most precise clocks has been used to excite rapid nuclear oscillations — promising a timekeeper that could help to tackle fundamental ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Toward a more accurate atomic clock

NIST/JILA Fellow Jun Ye works on JILA's strontium clock. Ye has been instrumental in making the clock 50 percent more accurate than it was a year ago. Physicists have measured and controlled seemingly ...
AOL

First-ever thorium nuclear optical clock - the world’s most accurate timekeeper

Atomic clocks have long been the gold standard for measuring time and frequency. Among them, optical clocks—using atoms like strontium or aluminum—have reached staggering levels of accuracy, with ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Team builds atomic clock with no atomic collisions

Intersecting laser beams create "optical tubes" to pack atoms close together, enhancing their interaction and the performance of JILA's strontium atomic clock. Image by Richard B. Baxley/JILA In a ...