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Dan Schmidt (Fed)

Dan Schmidt is a research physicist and Group Leader in the Quantum Sensors Division within the Physical Measurement Laboratory. The Device Fabrication Group focuses on the micro-fabrication of sensors and readout that utilize superconducting phenomena. Additionally, the group develops advanced packaging for a broader range of devices. Dan holds multiple patents related to research at NIST and has received several awards including NIST/DOC Bronze and Silver medals.

Publications

Most stringent bound on electron neutrino mass obtained with a scalable low temperature microcalorimeter array

Author(s)
Bradley Alpert, Daniel Becker, Douglas Bennett, Joseph Fowler, Johnathon Gard, John Mates, Carl Reintsema, Daniel Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Leila Vale, M. Balata, S. Nisii, A. Bevilacqua, M. De Gerone, G. Gallucci, L. Parodi, F. Siccardi, A. Borghesi, P. Campana, R. Carobene, M. Faverzani, A. Giachero, M. Gobbo, D. Labrbca, R. Morette, A. Nuciotti, L. Origo, S. Ragazzi, G. Ceruti, E. Ferri, G. Pessina, E. Celasco, F. Gatti, R. Dressler, E. Maugeri, D. Schumann, U Koster, M. Lusignoli, P. Manfrinetti, F Ahrens, E Bogini, M. Borghesi, P. Campana, R. Carbene, L. Ferrari Barusso, E. Ferri, G. Gallucci
The determination of the absolute neutrino mass scale remains a fundamental open question in particle physics, with profound implications for both the standard
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Patents (2018-Present)

Recessed Carbon Nanotube Article and Method for Making Same

NIST Inventors
Chris Yung , Nathan A Tomlin and Dan Schmidt
A microbolometer structure including carbon nanotubes, a substrate (silicon, alumina, etc.) with an array of micromachined wells/holes/pockets, a weak thermal link (membrane or legs) at the base of each well/hole/pocket, a protection layer bonded to substrate over the wells for subsequent back side
X-Ray Spectrometer

X-Ray Spectrometer

NIST Inventors
Kevin L. Silverman , Carl D. Reintsema , Galen O'Neil , Luis Miaja Avila , Daniel Swetz , W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese , Dan Schmidt , Bradley Alpert , Joseph Fowler , Joel Ullom and Ralph Jimenez
This invention includes: an x-ray plasma source that produces primary x-rays; an x-ray optic that transmits and focuses the primary x-ray onto a sample jet from which fluorescence x-ray are emitted; and a microcalorimeter array detector that measures the energy of the incoming fluorescence x-rays
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Created October 9, 2019, Updated June 5, 2024
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