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https://www.nist.gov/people/albert-henins
Albert Henins (Ctr)
Research Interests
Precision measurements. X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray and Optical Interferometry (XROI), Crystals, X-ray instrumentation and design.
James Cline, Marcus Mendenhall, David R. Black, Albert Henins, Jack Prothero
NIST certifies a suite of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) to be used to evaluate specific aspects of the instrument performance and measurements via the
Marcus Mendenhall, James Cline, Csilla Szabo-Foster, Albert Henins
The NIST Silicon lattice comparator has ben in service in various forms since the 1970s. It is capable of measuring the difference in lattice spacing between
Csilla Szabo-Foster, James Cline, Albert Henins, Lawrence T. Hudson, Marcus Mendenhall
The NIST Vacuum Double-Crystal Spectrometer (VDCS) has been modernized and is now capable of recording reference-free wavelength-dispersive spectra in the 2 keV