Incorporating an Optical Clock into a Time Scale

Abstract

This paper discusses how to build a time scale with an intermittently-operated optical clock. In particular, it gives suggestions on how long and how often to run an optical clock. It also explores the benefits of having an optical clock in a time scale, by comparing with the current UTC(NIST) performance and the time scale with a continuously-operated Cs fountain.

11 pages, 10 figures

References in corpus (1)

• An Optical Lattice Clock with Accuracy and Stability at the $10^{-18}$ Level