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New NIST Method Improves Accuracy of Spectrometers
Release Date: 06/16/2005 Measurements of the intensity of light at different wavelengths can be made more accurately now, thanks to a new, simple method for correcting … more
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
Quantum Computing Results May Help in Code Breaking
Release Date: 05/18/2005 This colorized image shows the fluorescence from three trapped beryllium ions illuminated with an ultraviolet laser beam. Black and blue areas … more
NIST Fellow Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Release Date: 05/05/2005 Deborah S. Jin © Geoffrey Wheeler For a high-resolution version of this image, contact Gail Porter . WASHINGTON,D.C. — Deborah S. … more
Noisy Pictures Tell a Story of 'Entangled' Atoms, JILA Physicists Find
Release Date: 03/22/2005 Similar patterns of "noise" are evident in these two images. The images are taken directly after molecules have been split into … more
Quantum Computers May Be Easier to Build Than Predicted, NIST Work Suggests
Release Date: 03/02/2005 Boulder, Colo.— A full-scale quantum computer could produce reliable results even if its components performed no better than … more
Experiments Prove Existence of Atomic Chain ‘Anchors’
Release Date: 02/03/2005 The two images above show the energy levels (vertical scale) and spatial positions (white lines) of electrons within a three-atom chain. The top … more
Tiny, Atom-based Detector Senses Weak Magnetic Fields
Release Date: 01/05/2005 Photo of the NIST chip-scale magnetometer. The sensor is about as tall as a grain of rice. The widest block near the top of the device is an … more
Chip-Scale Magnetic Sensor Draws on Mini Clock Design
Release Date: 12/29/2004 Photo of the NIST chip-scale magnetometer. The sensor is about as tall as a grain of rice. The widest block near the top of the device is an … more
NIST Unveils Chip-Scale Atomic Clock
Release Date: 08/27/2004 The heart of a minuscule atomic clock—believed to be 100 times smaller than any other atomic clock—has been demonstrated by … more
Scientists Report First Observation of an “Atomic Air Force”
Release Date: 08/18/2004 The first sighting of atoms flying in formation has been reported by physicists at the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of … more
NIST Demonstrates ‘Teleportation’ of Atomic States for Quantum Computing
Release Date: 06/16/2004 © Geoffrey Wheeler NIST physicist David Wineland adjusts an ultraviolet laser beam used to manipulate ions in a high-vacuum "ion … more
A Quantum Mechanical ‘Tune Up’ for Better Measurement
Release Date: 06/04/2004 By exploiting the weird quantum behavior of atoms, physicists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and … more
NIST System Sets Speed Record For Generation of Quantum Keys for ‘Unbreakable’ Encryption
Release Date: 05/03/2004 The fastest known cryptographic system based on transmission of single photons—the smallest pulses of light—has been … more
NIST/University of Colorado Scientists Create New Form of Matter: A Fermionic Condensate
Release Date: 01/28/2004 Left to right Deborah Jin, Markus Greiner, Cindy Regal ©Geoffrey Wheeler To obtain a high-resolution copy of this image Gail Porter . more |
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