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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a dramatically improved laser-based instrument that measures the
You’re going at the speed limit down a two-lane road when a car barrels out of a driveway on your right. You slam on the brakes, and within a fraction of a
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have developed a microchip technology that can convert
Radiometric, radiance temperature, photometric, and color scales have been realized based on the spectral responsivity of standard detectors and radiometers
NIST cooperates with the three services (Air Force, Navy, and Army) to realize a uniform night vision goggle (NVG) calibration system with low measurement
A collaborative team working to establish the science and technology of networks for superconducting quantum computers by demonstrating the world’s first
This project aims to develop rigorous measurements and methodology needed for determining optical and electrical properties of advanced materials that might be
This page provides information on firmware/software used at NIST to phase-lock a frequency comb. The firmware/software operates with hardware that was developed
This project allows investigators to build their own data acquisition instruments to collect and statistically process data in real time, then send the results
The MIST program has been developed to provide users with a general application to model an integrated scattering system. The program performs an integration of
Goniometric optical scatter instrument (GOSI) The bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) quantifies the angular distribution of radiation
Beamline 8 is used to study the degradation of surfaces that are irradiated by EUV radiation in the presence of common outgas species. Its multilayer mirror
Absolute source-based radiometry is founded in the traceability of a light source’s output to measurable operational parameters. The absolute irradiance at BL-2
The extended range monochromator is based on a unique design that allows illumination of the gratings in both grazing and normal incidence, thus covering the