List of atomic clocks

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

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Name

! Operation date

! Type

! Accuracy

! Location

! Image

CS1{{cite web|title=Seit wann läuft die erste Atomuhr in der PTB?|work=Themenrundgänge / Fragen zur Zeit|publisher=Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|url=http://www.ptb.de/cms/themenrundgaenge/wegweiser/fragenzurzeit/fragenzurzeit11.html|accessdate=2013-02-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127215018/http://www.ptb.de/cms/themenrundgaenge/wegweiser/fragenzurzeit/fragenzurzeit11.html|archivedate=2012-11-27}}

| 1969

| Cs

| {{val|7|e=-15}}

| {{unbulleted list|Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|Braunschweig, {{DEU}}}}

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CS2{{cite web|title=Seit wann läuft die erste Atomuhr in der PTB?|work=Themenrundgänge / Fragen zur Zeit|publisher=Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|url=http://www.ptb.de/cms/themenrundgaenge/wegweiser/fragenzurzeit/fragenzurzeit11.html|accessdate=2013-02-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127215018/http://www.ptb.de/cms/themenrundgaenge/wegweiser/fragenzurzeit/fragenzurzeit11.html|archivedate=2012-11-27}}

| 1985

| Cs

| {{val|1.2|e=-14}}

| {{unbulleted list|Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|Braunschweig, {{DEU}}}}

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CS3

| 1988

| Cs

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| {{unbulleted list|Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|Braunschweig, {{DEU}}}}

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CS4

| 1992-2005

| Cs

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| {{unbulleted list|Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|Braunschweig, {{DEU}}}}

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CSF1{{cite web|title=Seit wann läuft die erste Atomuhr in der PTB?|work=Themenrundgänge / Fragen zur Zeit|publisher=Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|url=http://www.ptb.de/cms/themenrundgaenge/wegweiser/fragenzurzeit/fragenzurzeit11.html|accessdate=2013-02-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127215018/http://www.ptb.de/cms/themenrundgaenge/wegweiser/fragenzurzeit/fragenzurzeit11.html|archivedate=2012-11-27}}

| 1999

| Cs fountain

| {{val|4|e=-16}}

| {{unbulleted list|Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|Braunschweig, {{DEU}}}}

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CSF2{{cite web|title=Seit wann läuft die erste Atomuhr in der PTB?|work=Themenrundgänge / Fragen zur Zeit|publisher=Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|url=http://www.ptb.de/cms/themenrundgaenge/wegweiser/fragenzurzeit/fragenzurzeit11.html|accessdate=2013-02-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127215018/http://www.ptb.de/cms/themenrundgaenge/wegweiser/fragenzurzeit/fragenzurzeit11.html|archivedate=2012-11-27}}

| 2009

| Cs fountain

| {{val|2|e=-16}}

| {{unbulleted list|Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt|Braunschweig, {{DEU}}}}

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FOCS

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| {{unbulleted list|Federal Institute of Metrology|Wabern, Switzerland}}

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NPL-CsF2, Yb+ and Sr+ ion clocks, Sr lattice clock, 4 hydrogen masers{{cite web|last=Palmer|first=Jason|title=UK's atomic clock 'is world's most accurate'|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14657002|accessdate=2013-03-02}}{{cite web|url=http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/time-frequency/research/|title= Research - Time and Frequency|accessdate=2015-06-12}}

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| {{unbulleted list|National Physical Laboratory|Teddington, London, {{UK}}}}

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NIST-F1,{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Atomic Clocks at NIST|publisher=The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)|url=http://tf.nist.gov/cesium/atomichistory.htm|accessdate=2013-02-04}}

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| Cs fountain

| {{val|3.1|e=-16}}

| {{unbulleted list

| NIST Boulder Laboratories

| Boulder, Colorado {{USA}}{{cite web|last=Newman|first=Michael E.|title=NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Clock|work=NIST News|publisher=The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)|date=1999-12-29|url=https://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/n99-22.cfm|accessdate=2013-02-04}}

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NIST-F2{{cite web|title=NIST Launches a New U.S. Time Standard: NIST-F2 Atomic Clock|publisher=The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)|url=https://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/nist-f2-atomic-clock-040314.cfm|accessdate=2016-02-09}}

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| Cs fountain

| {{val|1.1|e=-16}}

| {{unbulleted list

| NIST Boulder Laboratories

| Boulder, Colorado {{USA}}{{cite web|last=Newman|first=Michael E.|title=NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Clock|work=NIST News|publisher=The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)|date=1999-12-29|url=https://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/n99-22.cfm|accessdate=2013-02-04}}

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USNO Alternate Master Clock

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| Schriever Air Force Base

| El Paso County, Colorado {{USA}}{{cite web|title=U.S. Naval Observatory Alternate Master Clock|publisher=U.S. Navy|url=http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/falcon.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961126212234/http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/falcon.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 26, 1996|accessdate=2013-02-09}}

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WWV

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| WWVB|Larimer County, Colorado {{USA}}{{cite web |title=Larimer County station helps set clocks |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2015/03/06/larimer-county-station-helps-set-clocks/24527655/ |author= |date=July 24, 2015 |website=Fort Collins Coloradoan |publisher=Gannett Company |access-date=August 27, 2018}}

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Department of Defense master clock

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| {{unbulleted list

| United States Naval Observatory

| Washington, D.C. {{USA}}

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18 cesium atomic clocks and 4 hydrogen maser clocks

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| Cs, H

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| {{unbulleted list

| National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

| Koganei, {{JAP}}{{cite web|title=Mission of Japan Standard Time Group - Generation of Japan Standard Time (JST)|publisher=National Institute of Information and Communications Technology|url=http://jjy.nict.go.jp/mission/page2-e.html|accessdate=2013-03-05}}

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Optical lattice clock

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| {{unbulleted list

| University of Tokyo

| Bunkyō, Tokyo, {{JAP}}{{cite web|last=Motal|first=Julius|title=Japanese atomic clock is accurate to a 100 quadrillionth of a second|work=Geek.com|publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc.|date=2011-08-30|url=http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/japanese-atomic-clock-is-accurate-to-100-quadrillionth-of-a-second-20110830/|accessdate=2013-03-02|archive-date=2012-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614183703/http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/japanese-atomic-clock-is-accurate-to-100-quadrillionth-of-a-second-20110830/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Quantum Metrology Laboratory|publisher=RIKEN Advanced Science Institute|url=http://www.asi.riken.jp/en/laboratories/chieflabs/katori/index.html|accessdate=2013-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303112230/http://www.asi.riken.jp/en/laboratories/chieflabs/katori/index.html|archive-date=2013-03-03|url-status=dead}}

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NMIJ-F1, NMIJ-F2{{Citation|last=Takamizawa|first=A.|last2=Yanagimachi|first2=S.|last3=Shirakawa|first3=Y.|last4=Watabe|first4=K.|last5=Hagimoto|first5=K.|last6=Ikegami|first6=T.|title=Cesium Atomic Fountain Clocks at NMIJ|pages=321–328|work=Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting|url=http://www.pttimeeting.org/archivemeetings/2010papers/paper25.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428030714/http://www.pttimeeting.org/archivemeetings/2010papers/paper25.pdf|archivedate=2011-04-28}}

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| Cs fountain

| {{val|4.7|e=-16}}

| {{unbulleted list

| National Metrology Institute of Japan

| Tokyo, {{JAP}}

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Optical clock{{cite web|last=Wang|first=Yuanyuan|title=China unveils first optical clock|work=English News|publisher=Xinhuanet|date=2012-07-12|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-07/12/c_131711882.htm|accessdate=2013-02-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715070848/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-07/12/c_131711882.htm|archivedate=2012-07-15}}

| 2012

| Ca ion

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| {{unbulleted list

| Hubei, {{CHN}}

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Caesium Beam Atomic Clock{{cite web|title=Caesium Beam Atomic Clock|publisher=The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|url=http://www.weather.gov.hk/gts/time/Cs-atomicclock.htm|accessdate=2013-02-14}}{{cite web|title=History of Hong Kong Time Service|publisher=The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|url=http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/History_of_HK_Time_Service.htm|accessdate=2013-02-11}}

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| Cs

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| {{unbulleted list

| Hong Kong Observatory

| Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong {{CHN}}{{cite web|title=Contact us|publisher=The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|url=http://www.hko.gov.hk/contact.htm|accessdate=2013-02-11}}

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9 Agilent 5071A caesium clocks{{cite web|title=Clocks and Time scales|publisher=National Time and Frequency Standard Laboratory|url= http://www.stdtime.gov.tw/english/index_b/b_1.htm|accessdate=2013-02-14}}

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| Cs

| {{val|5|e=-13}}

| {{unbulleted list

| National Standard Time and Frequency Laboratory

| Taoyuan, {{TWN}}{{cite web|title=Current activities of the National Standard Time and Frequency Laboratory of the Telecommunication Laboratories|url=http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti/ptti2002/paper40.pdf|accessdate=2013-02-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217232509/http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti/ptti2002/paper40.pdf|archivedate=2013-02-17}}

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KRISS-1{{cite web|title=Development of Korea's First Primary Frequency Standard, 'KRISS-1'|publisher=KRISS|url=http://www.kriss.re.kr/eng/file/4news.pdf|accessdate=2013-03-01}}{{cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Ho Seong|last2=Kwon|first2=Taeg Yong|last3=Park|first3=Sang Eon|last4=Choi|first4=Sang-Kyung|last5=Park|first5=Young-Ho|title=Research on Cesium Atomic Clocks at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science|journal=Journal of the Korean Physical Society|volume=45|issue=2|pages=256–272|date=August 2004|url=http://www.kps.or.kr/jkps/downloadPdf.asp?articleuid=%7BDD0D58EF-36A7-492E-9047-BBB38B43E895%7D|accessdate=2013-03-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043030/http://www.kps.or.kr/jkps/downloadPdf.asp?articleuid=%7BDD0D58EF-36A7-492E-9047-BBB38B43E895%7D|archivedate=2016-03-04}}

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| Cs

| {{val|1|e=-14}}

| {{unbulleted list

| Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science

| Daejeon, {{KOR}}

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Caesium atomic clocks{{cite web|title=About SST|publisher=National Metrology Centre|url=http://www.singaporestandardtime.org.sg/aboutsst.htm|accessdate=2013-03-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130418150839/http://www.singaporestandardtime.org.sg/aboutsst.htm|archivedate=2013-04-18}}

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| Cs

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| {{unbulleted list

| National Metrology Centre

| Queenstown, {{SGP}}

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Five caesium clocks, one passive hydrogen maser, two active hydrogen masers.{{cite web|title=Time and Frequency Metrology|work=CSIR-National Physical Laboratory|publisher=CSIR-National Physical Laboratory|url=https://www.nplindia.org/index.php/science-technology/indian-standard-time-metrology-division/time-and-frequency-metrology-section/|accessdate=2023-03-25}}

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| Cs, H

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| {{unbulleted list

| National Physical Laboratory of India

| New Delhi, {{IND}}

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DOST-PAGASA Juan Time{{cite web|title=With PST, "Filipino time" is now "on time"|publisher=Department of Science and Technology|url=http://www.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1045:with-pst-filipino-time-is-now-on-time&catid=1:latest&Itemid=150|accessdate=2014-06-07}}

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| {{unbulleted list

| Department of Science and Technology

| Taguig, {{PHL}}

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Caesium clocks, Hydrogen Maser {{cite web|title=Time Standard|publisher=Indonesian Institute of Sciences|url=http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/|accessdate=2016-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121032824/http://time.kim.lipi.go.id/|archive-date=2016-01-21|url-status=dead}}

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| Cs

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| {{unbulleted list

| Indonesian Institute of Sciences

| Jakarta, {{IDN}}

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SOC: Space Optical Clock breadboard (Sr lattice clock){{cite web|title=Space Optical Clock|publisher=Institut für Experimentalphysik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf |url=http://www.soc2.eu |accessdate=2017-01-30}}

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| Sr lattice

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|{{unbulleted list|European Space Agency|Düsseldorf, Germany|Braunschweig, Germany|Birmingham, United Kingdom|Paris, France|Florence, Italy|Turin, Italy|Prague, Czech Republic}}

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Deep Space Atomic Clock{{cite news|url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4567|title=Deep Space Atomic Clock|work=NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory|publisher=NASA|date=27 April 2015|accessdate=2015-10-28 }}

| 2019-2021

| Hg ion

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| {{unbulleted list

| Jet Propulsion Laboratory

| La Cañada Flintridge, California

| {{USA}}

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Caesium atomic clocks{{cite web|title=Uruchomiono najdokładniejszy zegar atomowy w Polsce. Nie straci nawet sekundy przez 200 mln lat|publisher=wyborcza.pl |url=http://wyborcza.pl/7,75400,21304425,najdokladniejszy-zegar-atomowy-w-polsce-juz-dziala-po-200.html|accessdate=2018-03-24}}

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| Cs

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| {{unbulleted list

| Laboratorium Czasu i Częstotliwości (CBK PAN)

| Borówiec, {{POL}}

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