picoseconds
Trillionths of seconds
Picoseconds are trillionths of a second—units so brief that light travels only about a third of a millimeter in one.
The prefix pico- denotes 10⁻¹².
Scientists use picoseconds to measure ultrafast phenomena: laser pulses, chemical reactions, electronic switching.
The processor completed the operation in a few hundred picoseconds.
Trillionths of microseconds
- temporalRelating to chronology
- durationLength of existence
- intervalDuration between two points
- trillionthDivided by twelve zeros
Accuracy of measurement
- oscilloscopeVoltage waveform display device
- chronometryScience of precise timekeeping
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- metrologyScience of precise quantification
frequency · waveform · detection · instrumentation · synchronization · time-domain · accuracy · time-stamp
Trillionths of microseconds
- photonicsLight particle science and engineering
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- photochemistryStudy of radiation-induced reactions
- terahertzTrillion hertz unit
femtoseconds
Trillionths of microseconds
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- oscilloscopeVoltage waveform display device
- chronometryScience of precise timekeeping
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
metrology · frequency · waveform · detection · instrumentation · synchronization · time-domain · accuracy · time-stamp · photodetector
femtoseconds
Trillionths of microseconds
- photonicsLight particle science and engineering
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- photochemistryStudy of radiation-induced reactions
picosecondseons
Immense spans of time
eternities · ages · millennia · geological ages · epochs