The next generation of atomic clocks "ticks" with the frequency of a laser. This is about 100,000 times faster than the microwave frequencies of the cesium clocks which are generating the second at ...

The way time is measured is on the edge of a historic upgrade. At the heart of this change is a new kind of atomic clock that uses light instead of microwaves. This shift means timekeeping could ...

http://www.cardinalxtal.comThe term “frequency jitter” has become popular in the last few years to define the short-term stability of a frequency source. A ...

“There’s not many of us around anymore,” LaBounty said. “The modern generation is less and less interested in restoring something. They throw it away and get something new.” Clock repairers share a ...

Nigel Barnes, a fifth-generation horologist, acknowledges that it is a “tall order” to learn to fix a clock in two days. But some manage it, he said. Nigel Barnes working with Seán Martin, who had ...