Physicists' laser experiment excites atom's nucleus, may enable new type of atomic clock
July 02, 2024
July 02, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release:
A team of researchers successfully raised the energy state of an atom's nucleus with a laser, which could lead to new precision measurement technology with orders of magnitude higher accuracy than today's best atomic clocks. The researchers embedded a thorium atom within a highly transparent crystal and bombarded it with lasers, causing the thorium's nucleus to absorb and emit photons l . . .
A team of researchers successfully raised the energy state of an atom's nucleus with a laser, which could lead to new precision measurement technology with orders of magnitude higher accuracy than today's best atomic clocks. The researchers embedded a thorium atom within a highly transparent crystal and bombarded it with lasers, causing the thorium's nucleus to absorb and emit photons l . . .