The most precise timekeeping device ever built
Colorado-based researchers have reduced the systematic uncertainty in their optical lattice clock to a record low. Ali Lezeik explains how they did it
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Ali Lezeik is a PhD student contributor to Physics World who is currently working on quantum optics at the Leibniz University Hannover. He is part of the Very Large Baseline Atom Interferometry (VLBAI) facility, which explores the behaviour of ultracold quantum gases in a gravitational field. He obtained his BSc degree from the Lebanese University and pursued his MSc degree at the University of Cologne where he worked on quantum gravity.
Ali likes to investigate the interface of gravity and the quantum world, and hopes to narrow the gap between theory and experiment. Whenever outside the lab, you will find him in the kitchen cooking Mediterranean food or at the nearest bakery having a pretzel.
Colorado-based researchers have reduced the systematic uncertainty in their optical lattice clock to a record low. Ali Lezeik explains how they did it
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