List of atomic clocks

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This is a list of some experimental laboratory atomic clocks worldwide.

NameOperation dateTypeAccuracyLocationImage
CS1 [1] 1969Cs7×10−15
CS2 [2] 1985Cs1.2×10−14 Atomuhr-CS2.jpg
CS31988Cs
CS41992-2005Cs Braunschweig PTB-Atomuhr CS 4 (2012).jpg
CSF1 [3] 1999Cs fountain4×10−16
CSF2 [4] 2009Cs fountain2×10−16
FOCS
NPL-CsF2, Yb+ and Sr+ ion clocks, Sr lattice clock, 4 hydrogen masers [5] [6]
NIST-F1, [7] Cs fountain3.1×10−16 Atomic clocks.jpg
NIST-F2 [9] Cs fountain1.1×10−16 NIST-F2 cesium fountain atomic clock.jpg
USNO Alternate Master Clock 121205-F-CX842-001.jpg Usno-amc.jpg
WWV
Department of Defense master clock Usno-mc.jpg
18 cesium atomic clocks and 4 hydrogen maser clocksCs, H
Optical lattice clock
NMIJ-F1, NMIJ-F2 [16] Cs fountain4.7×10−16
Optical clock [17] 2012Ca ion
Caesium Beam Atomic Clock [18] [19] Cs
9 Agilent 5071A caesium clocks [21] Cs5×10−13
KRISS-1 [23] [24] Cs1×10−14 Ytterbium Optical Lattice Clock.png
Caesium atomic clocks [25] Cs
Five caesium clocks, one passive hydrogen maser, two active hydrogen masers. [26] Cs, H
DOST-PAGASA Juan Time [27]
Caesium clocks, Hydrogen Maser [28] Cs
SOC: Space Optical Clock breadboard (Sr lattice clock) [29] Sr lattice
 Sr lattice breadboard for the SOC mission.jpg
Deep Space Atomic Clock [30] 2019-2021Hg ion
Caesium atomic clocks [31] Cs

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