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Remote Sensing Methods for Imaging Dose to Water
Last Updated Date: 02/26/2013 Calorimetry based upon remote sensing of the temperature field in an irradiated volume would offer distinct advantages over the present approach, … more
Photon and Charged Particle Data Center
Last Updated Date: 02/26/2013 The Photon and Charged Particle Data Center has long been an international source of photon and charged particle reference data that have been … more
Traceability for Industrial Irradiator
Last Updated Date: 02/26/2013 U.S. manufacturers have contended for decades that traceability to national standards for industrial irradiation applications is best achieved by … more
Quantum Computation and Simulation with Neutral Atoms
Last Updated Date: 01/29/2013 Quantum information processing seeks to use the features of quantum physics to accomplish otherwise intractable computational tasks. The two main … more
Precision Measurement Grants Program
Last Updated Date: 01/14/2013 Since 1970, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded Precision Measurement Grants to faculty members of U.S. … more
NIST Frequency Measurement and Analysis Service (FMAS)
Last Updated Date: 12/19/2012 The NIST Frequency Measurement and Analysis Service (FMAS) makes it easy to measure and calibrate any quartz, rubidium, cesium, or hydrogen maser … more
Solid-state lighting metrology
Last Updated Date: 12/17/2012 With the rise of new, energy-efficient solid-state lighting (SSL) systems has come the need for new performance metrics and measurement methods to … more
Photometry
Last Updated Date: 12/17/2012 The purpose of photometry is to measure light in a way that takes the sensitivity of human visual system into account. While radiometry measures … more
Testing of Radiation Detection Systems
Last Updated Date: 12/12/2012 NIST is working together with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) in testing radiation detection … more
Vacuum-Ultraviolet Optical Properties of Cryogenic Water Ices
Last Updated Date: 11/19/2012 The optical properties of cryogenic water ices in the vacuum-ultraviolet spectral range are studied.
Ultraviolet Photoemission Electron Microscopy
Last Updated Date: 11/19/2012 Ultraviolet photoemission electron microscopy is used to study the field emission of chromium oxide coated carbon nanosheets.
Synchrotron Radiation-based Ultraviolet Source Calibrations
Last Updated Date: 11/19/2012 Bilateral comparison of synchrotron radiation-based deuterium lamp calibrations between the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB and NIST. more
Synchrotron Radiation-Based Calibrations for Space Weather Prediction
Last Updated Date: 11/19/2012 Orbital ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet spectrometers are calibrated on beamline 2, taking advantage of the calculability of synchrotron … more
Geostationary Operations Environment Satellite R-Series Program (GOES-R) Extreme UV/X-ray Irradiance Sensor (EXIS) Calibration
Last Updated Date: 11/19/2012 Calibrations of the The Extreme ultraviolet/X-ray Irradiance Sensor (EXIS), which will be installed on the Geostationary Operations Environment … more |
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