Sentences with phrase «quadrillion cycles»
By constantly tuning the laser to drive that aluminum transition, an interaction that only occurs in a tiny window near 1.121 petahertz (1.121 quadrillion cycles per second), the laser's frequency can be stabilized to an exquisitely sensitive degree, allowing it to act as the clock's pendulum.
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In the blink of an eye, a wave of visible light completes a quadrillion (1015) oscillations, or cycles.