1
Elapsed Time
(number of ticks)
(number of ticks)
0
2
Elapsed Time
(number of ticks)
(number of ticks)
0
Distance between mirrors
m
Speeds of photonic clocks
1
m/s
2
m/s
The path of the photon is delimited by the upper and lower mirrors. Establish below the distance between these mirrors with the help of the drop-down list or by manual entry (blue zone).
The clock is made of a photon bouncing between two mirrors. Its this apparatus that moves horizontally at the speed determined below by manual entry or by selection in the drop-down list for each of the 2 clocks (orange zone).