Physicists improve precision of atomic clocks by reducing quantum noise

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MIT physicists double precision of optical atomic clocks with new quantum method

The latest optical atomic clocks use faster atoms such as ytterbium, which tick up to 100 trillion times per second. However, their stability has been restricted by quantum noise, ...