Atomic clock
Clock that monitors the resonant frequency of atoms
Atomic clock
An atomic clock is a clock that measures time by monitoring the resonant frequency of atoms. It is based on the fact that atoms have quantised energy levels, and transitions between such levels are driven by very specific frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. This phenomenon serves as the basis for the SI definition of the second: The second, symbol s, is the SI unit of time. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency, Δ ν Cs {\displaystyle \Delta \nu _{\text{Cs}}} , the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium-133 atom, to be 9192631770 when expressed in the unit Hz, which is equal to s−1. This definition underpins the system of TAI, which is maintained by an ensemble of atomic clocks around the world. The system of UTC — the basis of civil time — implements leap seconds to allow clock time to stay within one second...
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