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Projects/Programs

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Advanced Magnetic Imaging

Ongoing
The scope of MRI is expanding with the development of both ultra-high field (14 T) and ultra-low field (0.1 mT) scanners not only for biomedical applications

Advanced Microwave Photonics

Ongoing
Research on quantum information (QI) seeks to control and exploit exotic properties of quantum mechanics, and researchers are already generating "unbreakable"

Earth Energy Budget

Ongoing
The goal of this project is to extend and improve the measurements of the key climate record of the long-term balance between Earth absorption of solar energy

Extreme Atom Probe Tomography

Ongoing
NIST is engaged in a joint effort between the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) and the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) aimed at revolutionizing 3D

GaN Nanowire Growth

Ongoing
GaN nanowires grown by catalyst-free molecular beam epitaxy have the unique property that most nanowires are completely free of crystalline defects. This

GaN Nanowire Metrology and Applications

Ongoing
We synthesize semiconductor nanostructures to serve both as test structures for measurement techniques and as building blocks for novel metrology tools and

High-Power Laser Applications

Ongoing
High-power continuous wave lasers have output powers from tens of watts to hundreds of kilowatts. Their applications are anywhere localized delivery of high

Integrated Photonics

Ongoing
Integrated photonics uses micro-and nano-fabrication techniques to develop compact devices that can replace bulk optics. Low size, weight, and power (SWAP)

Ion Traps

Ongoing
The Ion Traps Project collaborates with PML's Ion Storage Group to lower the intrinsic heating of ions from ion trap components.

Magnetic Random Access Memory

Ongoing
The program on magnetic random-access memory develops metrology to determine how spin currents can be generated and used to control and manipulate magnetization

Magnetic Sensing and Metrology

Ongoing
The Magnetic Sensing and Metrology Program characterizes a wide variety of magnetic sensors used in biomedical, industrial, electronics, environmental