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Physical Measurement Laboratory

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John Teufel Receives 2021 Arthur S. Flemming Award

Dr. John D. Teufel is a world leader in the field of quantum optomechanics. His innovations over the last decade have tested fundamental physics and will help enable the future of quantum information. He has used his novel technologies to address...

2022 SPIE George W. Goddard Award in Space and Airborne Optics - Michelle Stephens

Michelle Stephens received the 2022 SPIE George W. Goddard Award in Space and Airborne Optics in recognition of technical innovation, mentoring, and exceptional leadership in pursuit of space-based fundamental measurements of the earth and sun, while...

2021 - Silver Medal Award---Varun Verma, Adriana Lita, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Thomas Gerrits, Martin Stevens, Robert Horansky

For advancing quantum communication and imaging applications by creating novel high-efficiency single-photon detectors and kilopixel arrays

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Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year

The Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year goes to two independent teams for entangling two macroscopic vibrating drumheads, thereby advancing our understanding of the divide between quantum and classical systems. The winners are Mika Sillanpää...

2022 IEEE Fellow - Sae Woo Nam

For pioneering development of superconducting single-photon detectors with applications to quantum communications and quantum computing.

2022 Optica Fellow - Kristan Corwin

For pioneering research in gas-filled hollow fibers for lasers and frequency metrology, technical leadership, and service to the scientific community.

2021-2022 Fulbright Finland Foundation Grantee - Timo Dönsberg

The topic for the application was Photon Momentum - New Technology for High Power Laser Measurements. The main scientific goal is the linkage between Planck’s constant and radiation pressure, in addition to general understanding and improvement of...

2022 Special Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - John Lehman

The topic for the application is that of thermal detectors for space-based measurements of the earth radiation budget. The main scientific goal is to achieve the lowest uncertainty measurements by means of micromachined, carbon nanotube-based...

Kathryn Keenan Named 2021 Scialog Advanced Bioimaging Fellow

Kathryn Keenan has been named a 2021 Scialog Advanced Bioimaging Fellow. Scialog Fellows collaborate in high-risk discovery research and communicate their findings at annual closed conferences. The Advanced Bioimaging Fellows have wide-ranging...

Figure 1 from "Microscopic origin of inhomogeneous transport in four-terminal tellurene devices"

Featured Article in APL 2D Transistors Collection

The Quantitative Nanostructure Characterization group's recent paper titled "Microscopic origin of inhomogeneous transport in four-terminal tellurene devices" has been featured in a collection of Applied Physics Letters (APL) on two-dimensional (2D)...

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Matt Brubaker, Alexana Roshko, Todd Harvey, Kris Bertness

For developing nanoscale UV light-emitting diodes with the breakthrough efficiency and intensity needed for a broad range of industry applications.

HALO Takes Runner-Up in OPN Photo Contest

The High Amplification Laser pressure Optic (HALO) was developed by NIST to measure kilo-watts of laser power with best-in-class accuracy. Here, optical power is determined by measuring the force a laser beam exerts when it is reflected by the HALO’s...

2020 APS Fellow - Sae Woo Nam

For the pioneering development of high-quantum-efficiency photon detectors and of number-resolving photon detectors; and for the application of those detectors to experiments in quantum optics, quantum information, and investigations of the...

2020 SPIE Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award in Photonics - John H. Lehman

John H. Lehman is the 2020 recipient in recognition of the development of innovative tools for laser power and energy measurements spanning ultraviolet to THz wavelengths and from sub-microWatt to multi-kiloWatt power levels. Complete virtual banquet...

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Varun Verma

For pioneering devices that detect and count single particles of light, and for serving the community through professional leadership, mentoring and helping others.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Kathryn Keenan

For development of a world-first suite of standards for magnetic resonance imaging and providing leadership in the medical and scientific community through technology transfer and mentoring.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Matthew Pufall, William Rippard, Stephen Russek, Michael Schneider

For demonstrating novel magnetic-superconducting devices that enable dramatic power and speed improvements in neuromorphic computing

John Lehman Elected OSA Fellow

John Lehman is recognized for outstanding work on laser radiometry and applications, with a focus on accurate laser power measurements and applications by the Optical Society of America.

2019 PECASE - Kathryn Keenan

For transforming magnetic resonance imaging into a quantitative tool to diagnose and treat cancer and neurodegenerative diseases through the development of a world-first standard suite, providing leadership in the medical and scientific community...

2019 PECASE - Varun Verma

For pushing the frontiers of quantum physics through pioneering new devices that detect and count single particles of light, and for serving the community through professional leadership, mentoring students, and assisting disabled skiers through the...

2019 Gears of Government Award - Lehman, Stephens, Tomlin, Vayshenker and Yung

Established the first primary standard to measure optical fiber-based laser power by exploiting the team’s innovative coatings, which are the most light-absorbing, or blackest, material ever made. The team’s innovation will enhance telecommunications...