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Work on quantum technology based inertial measurement units , the instruments containing the gyroscopes and accelerometers, follows from early demonstrations of matter-wave based accelerometers and gyrometers. [2] The first demonstration of onboard acceleration measurement was made on an Airbus A300 in 2011. [3]
Commercial rubidium clocks are less accurate than caesium atomic clocks, which serve as primary frequency standards, so a rubidium clock is usually used as a secondary frequency standard. Commercial rubidium frequency standards operate by disciplining a crystal oscillator to the rubidium hyperfine transition of 6.8 GHz (6 834 682 610.904 Hz).
Clocks are complex functional objects; many have moveable working parts. Any excessive physical force can damage the mechanics inside the clock which are critical to its operation. Most commonly, these delicate inner-workings are metal, but clocks can be made of any number of materials, from wood to precious metals like silver and gold.
The first pulsar clock in the world was installed in St Catherine's Church, Gdańsk, Poland, in 2011. [1] It was the first clock to count the time using a signal source outside the Solar System, and represents the second type of clock to measure time using a signal source outside the Earth, after sundials.
An accelerometer measures proper acceleration, which is the acceleration it experiences relative to freefall and is the acceleration felt by people and objects. [2] Put another way, at any point in spacetime the equivalence principle guarantees the existence of a local inertial frame, and an accelerometer measures the acceleration relative to that frame. [4]
A quantum clock is a type of atomic clock with laser cooled single ions confined together in an electromagnetic ion trap.Developed in 2010 by physicists at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, the clock was 37 times more precise than the then-existing international standard. [1]
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Accuracy Location Image CS1 [1] ... Five caesium clocks, one passive hydrogen maser, two active hydrogen masers. [26] Cs, H National Physical Laboratory of India;