Convert Picoseconds to Seconds
Convert Picoseconds (ps) to Seconds (s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
s = ps × 1.000000000e-12
About Picoseconds
A picosecond (ps) = 10⁻¹² s; light travels 0.3 mm. Water molecules reorient via H-bond dynamics in ~1-3 ps, explaining microwave absorption. THz spectroscopy probes ps-scale dynamics in molecular systems. Sub-5 nm CMOS gate delays are a few ps; GaAs HEMTs reach ~0.1 ps. Muon mean lifetime = 2,197 ps. OTDR uses ps pulses for millimetre-resolution fibre-fault location. 1 ps = 10⁻¹² s.
About Seconds
The second (s) is the SI base unit of time, defined since 1967 as exactly 9,192,631,770 periods of the caesium-133 ground-state hyperfine transition at 0 K. Caesium fountain clocks realise this to ~10⁻¹⁶ (1 s lost per ~300 million years); optical lattice clocks (Sr, Yb) reach ~10⁻¹⁸. The second links to the metre via the defined speed of light c = 299,792,458 m/s exactly. 1 s = 1,000 ms = 1/60 min.
Quick Reference Table
| Picoseconds (ps) | Seconds (s) |
|---|---|
| 1 ps | 1 × 10-12 s |
| 2 ps | 2 × 10-12 s |
| 5 ps | 5 × 10-12 s |
| 10 ps | 1 × 10-11 s |
| 25 ps | 2.5 × 10-11 s |
| 50 ps | 5 × 10-11 s |
| 100 ps | 1 × 10-10 s |