Standards of time and frequency at the outset of the 21st century

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5700, 2004, Pages 1318-1324

  Diddams, S A ^a   Bergquist, J C ^a   Jefferts, S R ^a   Oates, C W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

OPTICAL ATOMIC CLOCKS; TECHNOLOGICAL FIELDS;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

CESIUM;

TIME;

ATOMIC CLOCK; ATOMIC TIME; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; METROLOGY; OPTICS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY; TIME;

EID: 8844224116     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1102330     Document Type: Review

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