Kyoto -based sensitive equipment manufacturer Shimadzu’nun, according to the statement, “Aether Clock OC 020” miniature optical cage clock was released.
The price tag of the product, which is described as “the world’s first successfully miniaturized commercial optical cage clock”, was determined as 500 million yen ($ 3.3 million).
The Ultra high -precision watch was designed in cooperation with the Rakagaku Research Institute (RIKEN) and Tokyo University in Kobe.
The “Stronsiyum Optical Cage Clock” offered for commercial sale can measure time using the optical passage of trapped atoms in the static waves of light.
The clock, which has a 18 -digit accuracy and is expected to deviate less than one second in 10 billion years, is shown as “hopeful” in redefining the second.
“Aether Clock 020”, the miniaturized version of a previously produced model, is about 100 times more sensitive than the traditional cesium atomic clocks that define the second.
The device, which has a width of 114 centimeters, a height of 109 centimeters and a depth of 65 centimeters, is suitable for outdoor use due to its size.
It is stated that the clock can be used practically in observations and measurements of changes in earth shell movements, volcanic activity, plate tectonics.
The sale of the watch started on 5 March. Shimadzu aims to sell 10 in -country and sea in the next 3 years.
