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Record 1 2008-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Telecommunications
DEF

SI unit of time, that is one millionth of a billionth seconds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Telecomunicaciones
CONT

El desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías láser ha permitido disponer de láseres con pulsos ultrarrápidos en el orden de unos pocos femtosegundos. Un femtosegundo (fs) es 10-15 segundos y es a un segundo lo que un segundo es a 32 millones de años.

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