NIST Restores Atomic Clock Precision After Fire-Weather Warning Caused Power Outages

NIST restored the precision of its atomic clocks after a power outage caused by a power outage disrupted operations. Discover ...

Power outage in Boulder area affects atomic clock, "Time is not broken" NIST says

Due to the power outage, time (very) briefly stood still at the NIST Internet Time Service facility in Boulder.

Some of the World’s Atomic Clocks Were Off Last Week (by 5-Millionths of a Second)

Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected by a wind-induced power ...
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Adtran launches optical cesium clock upgrade to enhance short-term stability for precision timing applications

Industries such as metrology, aerospace and defense need ultra-stable timing for accurate data collection and reliable communication Adtran’s Oscilloquartz optical cesium clock now features the ESTU ...
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Cesium Clock Teardown, Or Quantum Physics Playground

Half the fun of getting vintage test equipment is getting to open it up. Maybe that’s even more than half of the fun. [CuriousMarc] got an HP 5061A Cesium clock, a somewhat famous instrument as the ...

Colorado Windstorm Causes 4.8 Microsecond Glitch in Official US Time

A destructive windstorm disrupted the power supply to more than a dozen atomic clocks that keep official time in the United ...
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Advantages of timing networks with cesium atomic clocks

In a telecommunications network, every network element with synchronous intermachine links requires proper synchronization to minimize transport errors. A good example of synchronization is a network ...
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Microsemi Announces Cesium Atomic Clock Portfolio Compliant with New ITU Standards for Enhanced Primary Reference Clock

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, ...
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Cesium Atomic Clock is 50 Years Old

2005 marks the 50th anniversary of the cesium atomic clock. In 1955, Dr. Louis Essen and Jack Perry developed the first accurate cesium atomic clock at the National ...
Popular Science

The World’s Most Precise Clocks: 100 Times More Precise Than Cesium Atomic Clocks

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At the foot of the mountains abutting Boulder, Colorado, in the labs ...
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New and improved atomic clock: A revolution in timekeeping is coming

With a new and improved atomic clock, the standard of time in America is about to change -- a teeny, tiny bit. For the first time in 15 years, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or ...
Scientific American

Cesium Clock Faces Ytterbium Challenge

You’ve given some thought to oxygen, carbon, uranium. But you’ve probably never mused about the element ytterbium, symbol Yb. A new study by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and ...