atomic clock

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Steadying the hands of time

August 15, 2024 • Unless clocks are periodically synchronized, drift is just a fact of life. Even super accurate atomic clocks experience drift. Dan Thrasher, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, believes he can create a better one.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: atomic clock, barium, DARPA, Nichia Corporation, quantum sensing

The race to build the world’s smallest atomic clock, again

August 29, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Yuan-Yu Jau is on a quest to build the world’s smallest atomic clock, a device that measures time with extreme accuracy. If successful, he and his team at Sandia National Laboratories will have made one smaller than a sugar cube. But he’s not the only one pushing...

Categories: Military / Defense

Topics: atomic clock, DARPA, GPS, MESA