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Beamline 1: Degradation of EUV filters and mirrors

Beamline 1 separates a swath of light from the synchrotron into two parts. The first part is collected in Beamline 1a by a normal-incidence multilayer mirror

U.S. Commerce Department Gives Small Businesses $3.2 Million for Innovation Research

September 4, 2015

The U.S. Commerce Department today announced that 20 small businesses will receive $3.2 million in grants to spur American innovation and competiveness through...

NIST Exhibits at the Grace Hopper Conference 2015

Wed, Oct 14 - Fri, Oct 16 2015

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the World's Largest Gathering of Women Technologists. It is

NIST Exhibits at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) 2015

Mon, Sep 21 - Fri, Sep 25 2015

The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) will hold

Plot of aluminum oxide photodetector typical responsivity in the EUV.

Aluminum Oxide EUV Photodetector Transfer Standard

Aluminum oxide (Al 2O 3) photodiodes are issued by NIST as transfer standard detectors in the extreme ultraviolet spectral region (5 nm to 125 nm). Each device

Plot of Si photodiode typical responsivity in EUV

Si EUV Photodiode Transfer Standard

Silicon (Si) photodiodes are issued by NIST as transfer standard detectors throughout the extreme ultraviolet spectral region (5 nm to 254 nm). Each device is

Hands Off! NIST Helps Bring Contactless Fingerprint Technology to Market

September 3, 2015

Quickly moving through security checkpoints by showing your hand to a scanner seems straight out of science fiction, but the National Institute of Standards and...

Using Isotopes to Track the Origin and Evolution of Life

Fri, Sep 11 2015

Measurement of stable isotope ratios at high precision is enhancing our understanding of an extraordinary range of

Degradation of extreme-ultraviolet optics

Optical systems that operate at wavelengths in the ultraviolet (UV) and extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) are susceptible to degradation by a number of different

Quantum Biophotonics

Faint light detection is a staple in biology- used from systems biology research to bioassays for biomanufacturing and healthcare diagnostics.

Single photon measurements: Single Photon Tunneling

We use light created two photons at a time to explore the time needed to cross a barrier. The extreme simultaneity of creation of the two photons allows for

Memory

Critical to quantum information applications is the need to store a quantum state while other qbits are created or processed.

Universal Quantum Bus

If quantum computers and networks are ever to be realized, they likely will be made of different types of parts that will need to share information with one

Sources, detectors and metrology

We develop and learn how to characterize non-classical light sources and single-photon detectors. To have an accurate model of a single-photon detector’s

NIST Invites Industry to Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Workshop, October 1-2, 2015

September 1, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop on industry best practices in cyber supply chain risk management at its...

Excellence by the Dozen: 12 Organizations Move Closer to Baldrige Award

September 1, 2015

Twelve high-performing organizations will receive site visits for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA), the nation's highest recognition for...

Photo of damage to a road caused by a 2007 flood in Minnesota

NIST Seeks Members for New Panel to Help Communities Become More Resilient

September 1, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks members for a new Community Resilience Panel, part of the institute's effort to reduce the heavy...

Updating State Energy Codes for New Homes Would Deliver Significant National Savings

September 1, 2015

If every state in the nation adopted up-to-date residential building energy efficiency codes—only 10 states have done so—the energy savings realized over a...

Recorded Sessions

ROC Baseline Data

ROC baseline from " Documentation for ROC 2016" This page supports the ROC Baseline Data proposed in " Modest proposals for improving...

Extreme Ultraviolet Detector Calibration Service

The extreme ultraviolet detector (EUVD) calibration service disseminates the U.S. national scale of detector responsivity in the wavelength range from 5 nm to

Humidity Calibration Services at NIST

Humidity calibrations at NIST are performed using its state-of-the art primary standard humidity generator. Calibrations are performed on instruments that

Johnson Noise Thermometry

Johnson noise thermometry (JNT) is a primary temperature measurement technique based on the fundamental properties of thermal fluctuations in conductors. We

Acoustic Thermometry

By measuring the speed of sound in argon gas, we have determined thermodynamic temperature with unprecedented accuracy in the range 0 °C to 552 °C. Our results

Reference Data Challenge Webinar

Wed, Sep 2 2015

Tune in to learn about the Reference Data Challenge, an app development prize competition sponsored by the National

What's the Prognosis? New Research Roadmap Aims for Fault-Free Manufacturing Processes

August 26, 2015

In today's increasingly complex manufacturing operations, Murphy's Law is only an unexpected hiccup away—anything from a data error to an errant vibration to a...

EUV Zone Plates for Compact Solar Radiometer

This project is developing zone plate technology to enable compact solar radiometers for observing the solar 30.4-nm emission from ionized helium in the

Photo of the NIST net-zero energy house under construction

At NIST Net-Zero Energy House, Energy Efficiency, Clean Air Are Compatible Goals

August 24, 2015

You can breathe easy in the net-zero energy house at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). After 15 months of monitoring, researchers...

NIST Ultraviolet Scale Realization Facility

Ultraviolet Scale Realization Facility UV SRF

A new facility has been commissioned to the establish ultraviolet spectral power responsivity in the air-ultraviolet spectral range between 200 nm and 400 nm

Who, What, WHEN: Determining the Age of Fingerprints

August 24, 2015

Watch the imprint of a tire track in soft mud, and it will slowly blur, the ridges of the pattern gradually flowing into the valleys. Researchers at the...

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