Precise and continuous time and frequency synchronisation at the 5×10 -19 accuracy level

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, B ^a   Gao, C ^a   Chen, W L ^b   Miao, J ^a   Zhu, X ^a   Bai, Y ^a   Zhang, J W ^a   Feng, Y Y ^a   Li, T C ^a,b   Wang, L J ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84864845489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00556     Document Type: Article

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