Frequency comparison of optical lattice clocks beyond the Dick limit

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 288-292

  Takamoto, Masao ^a,b   Takano, Tetsushi ^a,b   Katori, Hidetoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 79955572341     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.34     Document Type: Article

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