Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeepers we have, losing only seconds across billions of years. ... A simple diagram illustrating how the nuclear clock works. N. Hanacek/NIST.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Harold Lyons was a physicist whose primary interest was in atomic frequency standards and atomic clocks. The collection documents Lyons and his ...

Ekkehard Peik, one of the field’s pioneers, says such a clock could be a factor of 1,000 times better than today’s standard atomic clocks. In atomic clocks, the electrons around an atom’s ...

Adtran today launched two new optical cesium atomic clocks that set new standards in network time synchronization: the OSA 3300 Super High-Performance ...