Thin-film tech makes nuclear clocks a 1,000 times less radioactive and more affordable
In the quest for ultra-precise timekeeping, scientists have turned to nuclear clocks. Unlike optical atomic clocks—which rely ...
Science Daily9 天
Thorium film could replace crystals in atomic clocks of the near future
Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even rewrite ...
Precision Perfected: How Nuclear Clocks Are Changing Time
Scientists are developing nuclear clocks using thin films of thorium tetrafluoride, which could revolutionize precision ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN9 天
US eyes developing 1000x less radioactive nuclear clocks with thorium thin films
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have ...
Nature18 天
Father time: the physicist on a mission to build the world’s first nuclear clock
That was back in 2001, when he and his colleague Christian Tamm proposed a device with the potential to be even more precise and portable than the world’s best atomic clocks. Peik’s estimate ...
Need to accurately measure time in space? Use a COMPASSO
Telling time in space is difficult, but it is absolutely critical for applications ranging from testing relativity to ...
Knowridge7 天
Thin-film tech unlocks the future of ultra-precise nuclear clocks
Scientists have taken a big step forward in precision timekeeping by developing a safer and more affordable way to build ...
Bringing the power of tabletop precision lasers for quantum science to the chip scale
Conventional lab-scale laser technology currently achieves this ultra low-noise, stable light via bulky, costly tabletop ...
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Scientists develop matchbox-sized laser in a bid to boost quantum research
A tiny chip-powered device has the power to replace the bulky lasers scientists use to study quantum applications and atomic ...
AZoOptics on MSN14 天
Scalable Chip-Integrated Lasers for High-Performance Sensing
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a chip-scale ultra-low-linewidth laser that matches or exceeds the performance ...
EurekAlert!9 天
Thorium film could replace crystals in atomic clocks of the near future
Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even ...