Physics:List of atomic clocks

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This is a list of some experimental laboratory atomic clocks worldwide.

Name Operation date Type Accuracy Location Image
CS1[1] 1969 Cs 7×10−15
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • Braunschweig,  Germany
CS2[2] 1985 Cs 1.2×10−14
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • Braunschweig,  Germany
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CS3 1988 Cs
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • Braunschweig,  Germany
CS4 1992-2005 Cs
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • Braunschweig,  Germany
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CSF1[3] 1999 Cs fountain 4×10−16
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • Braunschweig,  Germany
CSF2[4] 2009 Cs fountain 2×10−16
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • Braunschweig,  Germany
FOCS
NPL-CsF2, Yb+ and Sr+ ion clocks, Sr lattice clock, 4 hydrogen masers[5][6]
NIST Ion Clock 2025 Charged Al ion with Mg ion 5.5×10−19
NIST-F1[8] Cs fountain 3.1×10−16
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NIST-F2[10] Cs fountain 1.1×10−16
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USNO Alternate Master Clock
  • Schriever Air Force Base
  • El Paso County, Colorado  United States[12]
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WWV
  • WWVB
  • Larimer County, Colorado  United States[13]
Department of Defense master clock
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18 cesium atomic clocks and 4 hydrogen maser clocks Cs, H
Optical lattice clock
NMIJ-F1, NMIJ-F2[17] Cs fountain 4.7×10−16
  • National Metrology Institute of Japan
  • Tokyo,  Japan
Optical clock[18] 2012 Ca ion
  • Hubei,  China
Caesium Beam Atomic Clock[19][20] Cs
9 Agilent 5071A caesium clocks[22] Cs 5×10−13
KRISS-1[24][25] Cs 1×10−14
  • Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
  • Daejeon,  South Korea
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Caesium atomic clocks[26] Cs
  • National Metrology Centre
  • Queenstown,  Singapore
Five caesium clocks, one passive hydrogen maser, two active hydrogen masers[27] Cs, H
DOST-PAGASA Juan Time[28]
  • Department of Science and Technology
  • Taguig,  Philippines
Caesium clocks, Hydrogen Maser[29] Cs
  • Indonesian Institute of Sciences
  • Jakarta,  Indonesia
SOC: Space Optical Clock breadboard (Sr lattice clock)[30] Sr lattice
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Deep Space Atomic Clock[31] 2019-2021 Hg ion
Caesium atomic clocks[32] Cs

References

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