Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Optical lattice clock: Towards frequency measurement at 10−18 level

Hidetoshi Katori

Published Jan 1, 2006• 1 citation

Abstract

We discuss a concept and a projected performance of an “optical lattice clock” as a next generation time and frequency standard. Recent measurements of the clock spectrum as well as its absolute frequency will be presented.

DOI: 10.1109/cleo.2006.4628996

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