James Chou with NIST Logic Clock (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

James Chou with NIST Logic Clock

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NIST postdoctoral researcher James Chin-wen Chou with the world's most precise clock, based on the vibrations of a single aluminum ion (electrically charged atom). The ion is trapped inside the metal cylinder (center right).

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J. Burrus/NIST

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