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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 13, 1300002(2024)

China's Top 10 Optical Breakthroughs: Ultracold Neutral Atomic Optical Clock and Its Quantum Reference Trapping Scheme (Invited)

Yanhua Zhou^1,2, Hong Chang^3、**, and Tao Wang^1,2、*

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¹College of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China

²Center of Modern Physics, Institute for Smart City of Chongqing University in Liyang, Liyang213332, Jiangsu, China

³National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710600, Shaanxi, China

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Yanhua Zhou, Hong Chang, Tao Wang. China's Top 10 Optical Breakthroughs: Ultracold Neutral Atomic Optical Clock and Its Quantum Reference Trapping Scheme (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(13): 1300002

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Paper Information

Category: Reviews

Received: Dec. 13, 2023

Accepted: Feb. 19, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 4, 2024

The Author Email: Hong Chang (changhong@ntsc.ac.cn), Tao Wang (tauwaang@cqu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP232669

CSTR:32186.14.LOP232669

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