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Sources:
http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.231
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2016/11/nist-debuts-dual-atomic-clock-and-new-stability-record
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1407.3493.pdf
http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/ncomms13375
Images
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_QuartzCrystal-Tuningfork.jpg
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https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/communications/policy/GPS.html
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