Optical atomic clocks just took a clean step forward. An MIT team reports a method that cuts quantum noise and lets a clock resolve twice as many ticks as before.
The work centers on ytterbium atoms and a new way to steady a laser, and careful…

Optical atomic clocks just took a clean step forward. An MIT team reports a method that cuts quantum noise and lets a clock resolve twice as many ticks as before.
The work centers on ytterbium atoms and a new way to steady a laser, and careful…