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EEEL’s New Optical Performance Monitoring of Polarization Impairment in Optical Fiber Communication, Oct 2009
Release Date: 10/22/2009 High-performance optical fiber networks are susceptible to degradation effects that can change with time. An example of this is polarization-mode … more
New NIST Method Reveals All You Need to Know About ‘Waveforms’
Release Date: 10/06/2009 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled a method for calibrating entire waveforms -- graphical shapes showing how … more
EEEL develops all-fiber photon pair source with record low noise and high brightness
Release Date: 10/01/2009 Researchers in the Optoelectronics Division of EEEL have demonstrated an all-fiber photon-pair source with the highest … more
Applying Neural Networks
Release Date: 09/01/2009 High-performance optical networks are susceptible to degrading effects that can change over time. Knowledge of the degradation can be used to … more
Uncertainty Analysis for Pulse Parameters
Release Date: 07/01/2009 Oscilloscopes are routinely used to measure the properties of a wide variety of pulsed waveforms, including digital data streams in computers and … more
NIST YouTube Channel Features Ultraprecise Measurement with Lasers
Release Date: 06/30/2009 The latest addition to the growing selection of videos on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) YouTube Channel ( … more
NIST’s LIDAR May Offer Peerless Precision in Remote Measurements
Release Date: 06/02/2009 By combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, … more
High-Order Coherences of Chaotic and Coherent Light
Release Date: 06/01/2009 Researchers in the Optoelectronics Division of EEEL, in collaboration with colleagues at MIT and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, have demonstrated a new … more
New Nanotube Coating Enables Novel Laser Power Meter
Release Date: 05/05/2009 The U.S. military can now calibrate high-power laser systems, such as those intended to defuse unexploded mines, more quickly and easily thanks to … more
Vibrationally Robust Frequency Comb
Release Date: 04/01/2009 Optical frequency combs have been vigorously developed over the past seven years at NIST and elsewhere. They provide a uniquely broadband and … more
Photoluminescence from GaN Nanowires
Release Date: 12/01/2008 Gallium nitride (GaN)-based semiconductors have successfully been incorporated into commercial light emitting diodes and commercial laser diodes … more
NIST Staff Honored for Technology Transfer
Release Date: 05/28/2008 John Lehman, Chris Cromer and Xiaoyu Li of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have received a 2008 Award for Excellence in … more
NIST Laser-Based Method Cleans Up Grubby Nanotubes
Release Date: 12/21/2006
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NIST Photon Detectors Have Record Efficiency
Release Date: 06/02/2005 Sensors that detect and count single photons, the smallest quantities of light, with 88 percent efficiency have been demonstrated by physicists at … more
Laser Applications Heat Up for Carbon Nanotubes
Release Date: 01/26/2005 Carbon nanotubes (left) are applied to a NIST-developed pyroelectric detector (right) that may improve thermal conductivity and resistance to … more |
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