Optical Clocks

Optical Clocks is a type of atomic clock that uses the oscillations of light in the optical frequency range as its timekeeping element, distinguished from microwave-based atomic clocks by its higher frequency and greater precision.

1.2K

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75.9K

Citations

3.4K

Authors

666

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Publications per year

2017–2026

357

Parents

Time Metrology

Publications

1.2K

Carrier-Envelope Phase Control of Femtosecond Mode-Locked Lasers and Direct Optical Frequency Synthesis

David J. Jones, Scott A. Diddams, Jinendra K. Ranka et al. · Science · 2000 · 2.6K citations

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Analog Electronics +16

Frequency Ratio of Al+and Hg+Single-Ion Optical Clocks; Metrology at the 17th Decimal Place

T. Rosenband, David Hume, Piet O. Schmidt et al. · Science · 2008 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Engineering, Physics, Instrumentation +15

Colloquium: Femtosecond optical frequency combs

Steven T. Cundiff, Jun Ye · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2003 · 1.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Atomic Physics +16

Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources

Alessia Pasquazi, Marco Peccianti, Luca Razzari et al. · Physics Reports · 2017 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Physics, Metrology +16

An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10−18 level

Benjamin Bloom, Travis Nicholson, Jason Williams et al. · Nature · 2014 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Physics, Optics +8

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Authors

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Jun Ye
National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States
38 publications · 6.6K citations
30
h-index
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Uwe Sterr
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany
38 publications · 3.6K citations
28
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Hidetoshi Katori
The University of Tokyo, Japan
33 publications · 4.9K citations
27
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Scott A. Diddams
National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States
32 publications · 9.6K citations
26
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Christian Lisdat
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany
30 publications · 2.9K citations
24
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Institutions

666

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Venues

Physical Review Letters
PRL · 73 publications · 6.9K citations
44
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Optics Letters
52 publications · 3.2K citations
30
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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
IPTEL · 83 publications · 2.5K citations
30
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Physical Review A
PRA · 40 publications · 3K citations
30
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Optics Express
61 publications · 2.1K citations
28
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