Collaboration Helps Make JILA Strontium Atomic Clock ‘Best in Class’ --- ‘Crystal of Light’ Clock Surpasses Accuracy of NIST-F1 Fountain Clock

Author	Laura Ost
Title of Magazine or Source	Department of Commerce News
Year of Publication	2008
Date Published	2008-02
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JILA PI	Jun Ye
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