[time-nuts] OT: The tick-tock of the optical clock ....

[Bernd Neubig]

Hi David,

very similar work was done at PTB in Germany
http://www.ptb.de/en/aktuelles/archiv/presseinfos/pi2012/pitext/pi120301.html

... the charm of forbidden things...

Best regards

Bernd Neubig
AXTAL GmbH & Co. KG
www.axtal.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J Taylor" <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk>
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Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 11:30 AM
Subject: [time-nuts] OT: The tick-tock of the optical clock ....


> The tick-tock of the optical clock
>
> NPL time scientists have made an accurate measurement of the highly 
> forbidden octupole transition frequency in an ytterbium ion, which could 
> be used as the basis for the next generation of optical atomic clocks - 
> see:
>
>  http://www.npl.co.uk/news/the-tick-tock-of-the-optical-clock
>
> Cheers,
> David
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