Davide Calonico

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Davide Calonico is a physicist and a metrologist at the Italian National Institute for Metrology Research (INRIM), where he leads the Division for Quantum Metrology and Nanotechnology. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic University of Turin in 2003, working on atomic fountain clocks both at the University of Turin and at France’s National Metrology Institute. His research focuses on optical clocks and on the dissemination of time and frequency standards using fiber optics, as well on quantum technologies. He chairs the working group on Advanced Time and Frequency Techniques within the Convention of the Meter.


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Keeping Time with Light

An all-optical clock scheme could improve time metrology standards, taking an important step toward the redefinition of the second. Read More »