Sr lattice clock at 1 × 10-16 fractional uncertainty by remote optical evaluation with a Ca clock

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5871, 2008, Pages 1805-1808

  Ludlow, A D ^a   Zelevinsky, T ^a,c   Campbell, G K ^a   Blatt, S ^a   Boyd, M M ^a   De Miranda, M H G ^a   Martin, M J ^a   Thomsen, J W ^a,d   Foreman, S M ^a,e   Ye, Jun ^a   Fortier, T M ^b   Stalnaker, J E ^b,f   Diddams, S A ^b   Le Coq, Y ^b   Barber, Z W ^b   Poli, N ^b,g   Lemke, N D ^b   Beck, K M ^b   Oates, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CESIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OPTICAL METHOD; PRECISION; RADIATION BUDGET; STRONTIUM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOM; MOLECULAR CLOCK; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; TIME;

EID: 41349113373     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1153341     Document Type: Article

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