= Atomic clock
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https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/450654/how-atomic-clock-works/726135#726135[How atomic clock works? answer] by <Ciro Santilli> on <Physics Stack Exchange>.
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{title=How an atomic clock works, and its use in the global positioning system (GPS) by <EngineerGuy> (2012)}
{description=Shows how conceptually an atomic clock is based on a <feedback loop> of two <hyperfine structure> states of <caesium> atoms (non-<radioactive> <caesium-133> as clarified by the <Wikipedia> page). Like a <quartz clock>, it also relies on the <piezoelectricity> of quartz, but unlike the <quartz clock>, the <quartz> is not shaped like a <tuning fork>, and has a much larger resonating frequency of about 7 <MHz>. The feedback is completed by producing <photons> that <resonate> at the right frequency to excite the <caesium>.}
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOti3kKWX-c]
{title=Inside the <HP> 5061A Cesium Clock by <CuriousMarc> (2020)}
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A similar model was used in the <Hafele-Keating experiment> to test <special relativity> on two planes flying in opposite directions. Miniaturization was key.
Contains a disposable tube with 6g of <Caesium>. You boil it, so when it runs out, you change the tube, 40k USD. Their tube is made by <Agilent Technologies>, so a replacement since that opened in 1999, and the original machine is from the 60s.
Detection is done with an <electron multiplier>.
https://youtu.be/eOti3kKWX-c?t=1166 They compare it with their 100 dollar <GPS> disciplined oscillator, since <GPS> <satellites> have <atomic clocks> in them.
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\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc_tDVbjCQk]
{title=Quick presentation of the <atomic clock> at the <National Physical Laboratory> (2010)}
{description=Their super accurate setup first does <laser cooling> on the <caesium> atoms.}
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