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Two 87 Sr lattice clocks with 10 -17 /√{ τ} level stability

Lindsay Sonderhouse, Eric Glenn Oelker, Tobias Bothwell, Ross B. Hutson, Colin J. Kennedy, Edward Marti, Dhruv Kedar, Akihisa Goban, Sarah Bromley, Sara Campbell, John Martin Robinson, William R. Milner, Shimon Kolkowitz, Christian Sanner, Dan Gh. Matei, Thomas Legero, F. Riehle, Uwe Sterr, Jun Ye, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Team

Published May 1, 2018• 0 citations
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