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The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2025 Info Hours series. An Info Hour is a one-hour session that
Chip-based devices known as frequency combs, which measure the frequency of light waves with unparalleled precision, have revolutionized time keeping, the
The use of thermal converters for ac voltage metrology was introduced by Frank Hermach at NIST in 1952. The basic thermal converter is a thermoelement, consisting of a thermocouple positioned at the midpoint of a heater wire, enclosed in an evacuated bulb. The thermoelement senses the heat generated
Electromagnetic devices cannot operate without the interaction of electromagnetic waves with materials, and the characterization of the interface between fields and materials will be a critical task for any device or metrology development from nanoscale to larger scales. Areas of impact over the
NIST is home to a broad interdisciplinary program in quantum information science. NIST is exploring multiple implementations of qubits and strategies for taking advantage of quantum effects to compute, simulate, and improve fundamental measurement strategies. Josephson junctions are at the heart of
We have developed parametric amplifiers based on two different technologies: Josephson Junctions and superconductors with high kinetic inductance, a representation of the kinetic energy of superconducting Cooper-pair charge carriers. Junction-based parametric amplifiers (JPAs) are well suited for
Dean Jarrett, Albert Rigosi, Yanfei Yang, Alireza Panna, David Newell, Ngoc Thanh Mai Tran, Wei-Chen Lin, Marta Musso, Cheng-Hsueh Yang, Chi-Te Liang, Massimo Ortolano, Randolph Elmquist
A 1 GΩ star-mesh quantized Hall array resistance standard (QHARS) made of thirty-seven quantum Hall effect (QHE) elements was fabricated and tested. The 1 GΩ
Kenzington Kottenbrock, Sierra Reis, Gunjan Agarwal, Samuel Oberdick
Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) was used to characterize micropatterned clusters of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs). Top-down lithography
Oluwagbemiga Ojo, Wilarachchige D. C. B. Gunatilleke, Winnie Wong-Ng, Tieyan Chang, Yu-Sheng Chen, Joshua Martin, Adam Biacchi, George Nolas
The 18R polytype of SnSe2 possesses unique structural features that can directly impact the transport properties and potential applications of interest; however
Florian Bergmann, Meagan Papac, Benjamin Jamroz, Nicholas Jungwirth, Bryan Bosworth, Anna Osella, Tomasz Karpisz, Lucas Enright, Eric Marksz, Angela Stelson, Christian Long, Nathan Orloff, Robert Jones
Modern microchips utilize multilayer stack-ups with many interstitial layers of dielectrics. Optimizing device performance and maximizing yield requires precise
Description High-throughput (combinatorial) metrologies have evolved as a useful approach to rapidly determine the composition-structure-property relationships
Description The Seebeck coefficient is a widely measured transport property that provides fundamental information on charge carrier transport and the electronic
The Applied Physics Division utilizes a fully automated, dual-chamber molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system for the growth of advanced, compound semiconductor