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Conferences

Efficient, low-noise, single-photon frequency conversion

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

Paulina S. Kuo, Jason S. Pelc, Oliver T. Slattery, Yong-Su Kim, M. M. Fejer, Xiao Tang

We demonstrate simultaneous low-noise and efficient frequency conversion in a periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguide with spectral filtering. We achieve >50%...

Open-Path Dual-Comb Spectroscopy of Greenhouse Gases

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

Greg B. Rieker, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, William C. Swann, Ian R. Coddington, Laura C. Sinclair, Christopher L. Cromer, Esther Baumann, Alexander M. Zolot, Nathan R. Newbury

Frequency-comb spectroscopy in the near-infrared is used to measure atmospheric CO2 and H2O concentrations over a 2-km outdoor open-air path. This technique...

Free-space optical time-frequency transfer over 2 km

June 9, 2013

Author(s)

William C. Swann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Laura C. Sinclair, Esther Baumann, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury

Precision free-space time-frequency transfer could advance fields where present microwave-based transfer is inadequate. We demonstrate an optical free-space...

The Impact of Characteristic Impedance on Waveform Calibrations

June 7, 2013

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams, Jeffrey A. Jargon, Paul D. Hale

We examine the impact of the characteristic impedance on mismatch corrections for temporal waveform calibrations based on high-speed electro-optic sampling...

Uncertainties in Complex Permittivity Extraction From Coplanar Waveguide Scattering-parameter Data

June 7, 2013

Author(s)

Uwe Arz, Dylan Williams

We analyze the uncertainties of a complex permittivity extraction procedure based on uncorrected scatteringparameter measurements of coplanar waveguides of...

SHREC13 Track: Large Scale Sketch-Based 3D Shape Retrieval

June 6, 2013

Author(s)

Afzal A. Godil, Bo Li , Yijuan Lu, Tobias Schreck

Sketch-based 3D shape retrieval has become an important research topic in content-based 3D object retrieval. The aim of this track is to measure and compare the...

A Precision Millimeter-Wave Modulated-Signal Source

June 6, 2013

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Paul D. Hale, Dylan F. Williams, Chih-Ming Wang

We develop and characterize a modulated-signal source for use at millimeter-wave frequencies. Components within the source are phase locked by a 10 GHz...

Practical Challenges When Implementing a Distributed Population of Cloud-Computing Simulators Controlled by a Genetic Algorithm

June 4, 2013

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, Christopher E. Dabrowski, Darrin J. Santay

The recent explosion of affordable multicore, multichip systems, coupled with cluster management software, encourages the development of novel distributed...

Dynamic Response of Metals Subject to Rapid DC Current Pulses

June 3, 2013

Author(s)

Steven P. Mates, Graham Cullen, Eran Vax, Eli Marcus, Brad Kinsey

Recent investigations indicate that metals will deform plastically at much lower stress levels when subject to high density DC currents due to an influence of...

A REFERENCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTROSHOCK WEAPONS

June 3, 2013

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Donald R. Larson

We have developed a measurement system to accurately measure the electrical current and high-voltage output of electroshock weapons (ESW) that are used to...

Effect of Organic SAMs on the Evolution of Strength of Silicon Nanostructures

June 3, 2013

Author(s)

Scott Grutzik, Brian G. Bush, Frank W. DelRio, Richard S. Gates, Melissa Hines, Alan Zehnder

The ability to accurately predict the strength of nanoscale, single crystal structures is critical in micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS)...

Traceability for Aerosol Electrometer in the fA Range

June 1, 2013

Author(s)

Dean G. Jarrett, Miles Owen

Described here are the configurations and procedures used to provide traceability to electrical standards for an aerosol electrometer calibration in the range ±...

Single fiber tensile properties measured by the Kolsky bar using Direct fiber clamping method

June 1, 2013

Author(s)

Jae Hyun Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Walter G. McDonough, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes

The Kolsky bar test has been widely used in measuring material behavior under high strain rate conditions. In particular, polymers used in ballistic...

Traceability for Aerosol Electrometer in the fA Range

June 1, 2013

Author(s)

Dean G. Jarrett, Miles Owen

Described here are the configurations and procedures used to provide traceability to electrical standards for an aerosol electrometer calibration in the range ±...

A General Conformance Testing Framework for IEEE 11073 PHD's Communication Model

May 31, 2013

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, Linbin Yu, Yu Lei, David R. Kuhn, Ram D. Sriram, Kevin G. Brady

ISO/IEEE 11073 Personal Health Data (IEEE 11073 PHD) is a set of standards that addresses the interoperability of personal healthcare devices. As an important...

Reliability Monitoring For Highly Leaky Devices

May 31, 2013

Author(s)

Jason Ryan, Jason Campbell, Kin Cheung, John S. Suehle, Richard Southwick, Anthony Oates

We demonstrate a new charge pumping (CP) methodology, frequency modulated CP (FMCP), that robustly treats metrology challenges associated with high gate leakage...

AlGaAs Composition Standards at NIST

May 30, 2013

Author(s)

Kristine A. Bertness

High-accuracy comparison standards for Al mole fraction x in AlxGa1xAs have been available at NIST since 2006 via the Standard Reference Material (SRM) program...

Reflectance measurements of human skin from the ultraviolet to the shortwave infrared (250 nm to 2500 nm)

May 29, 2013

Author(s)

Catherine C. Cooksey, David W. Allen

While published literature of the optical properties of human skin is prevalent for the visible region, data are sparse in the ultra violet and shortwave...

Gigahertz-gated InGaAs SPAD system with avalanche charge sensitivity approaching the fundamental limit

May 29, 2013

Author(s)

Alessandro Restelli, Joshua C. Bienfang, Alan L. Migdall

We present an InGaAs/InP single-photon detection system operating at 1.25 GHz with detection efficiency above 50 % and per-gate afterpulse probability, measured...

Practical Strategies for QKD Key Production

May 28, 2013

Author(s)

Alan Mink, Anastase Nakassis

We present the quantum key distribution (QKD) secure key ratio expression in a form that exposes the parameters that affect the Reconciliation (error correction...

Use of RF-Based Technique as a Metrology Tool for TSV Reliability Analysis

May 28, 2013

Author(s)

Chukwudi A. Okoro, Yaw S. Obeng, Jan Obrzut, Pavel Kabos, Klaus Hummler

In this work, we used radio frequency (RF) based measurement technique is used as a prognostic tool for the assessment of the effect of thermal cycling on the...

X-Ray Micro-Beam Diffraction Determination of Full Stress Tensors in Cu TSVs

May 28, 2013

Author(s)

Chukwudi A. Okoro, Lyle E. Levine, Oleg A. Kirillov, Yaw S. Obeng, Ruqing Xu, Jonathan Z. Tischler, Wenjun Liu, Klaus Hummler

We report the first non-destructive, depth resolved determination of the full stress tensor in Cu through-silicon vias (TSVs), using synchrotron based micro...

Perron-Frobenius Measure of Systemic Risk of Cascading Overload in Complex Clouds: Work in Progress

May 27, 2013

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Dynamic resource sharing has both positive and negative effects on the system performance. Current research mostly concentrates on the positive effect resulting...

Toward the Development of a High Strain Rate Testing Standard for Advanced Fibers

May 24, 2013

Author(s)

Gale A. Holmes, Jae Hyun Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Walter G. McDonough, Stefan D. Leigh, Kirk D. Rice

The use of advanced fibers in applications where they are subjected to extremely energetic events has necessitated the need to develop measurement tools that...

Just Add Water Instant singly-dispersed suspensions of silver nanoparticles on demand.

May 20, 2013

Author(s)

Robert I. MacCuspie

The intrinsic instability of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is a substantial challenge to achieving stable long-term storage for on-demand use of AgNPs. Here, a...

A Dynamic Human Body Computational Phantom for RF Propagation Study

May 20, 2013

Author(s)

John G. Hagedorn, Kamran Sayrafian, Judith E. Terrill

Recent advances in micro-electronics technology to build small radio-enabled implantable and wearable medical sensors have sparked considerable interest in...

A microscene approach to the evaluation of hyperspectral system level performance

May 18, 2013

Author(s)

David Allen, Ronald G. Resmini, Christopher Deloye

Assessing the ability of a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) system to detect the presence of a substance or to quantify abundance requires an understanding of the...

An Analysis of the Probability Distribution of Spectral Angle and Euclidean Distance in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Using Microspectroscopy

May 18, 2013

Author(s)

Ronald G. Resmini, Christopher Deloye, David Allen

Determining the probability distribution of hyperspectral imagery (HSI) data and of the results of algorithms applied to those data, is critical to...

Optimizing Instrument Operation and Data Processing for Single Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Measurement of Gold Nanoparticles

May 16, 2013

Author(s)

Jingyu Liu, Karen E. Murphy, Robert I. MacCuspie, Michael R. Winchester

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) operated in single particle mode is an attractive analytical tool capable of both sizing and counting...

Surface Chemical Transformations of UV irradiated Silica-Epoxy Nanocomposites

May 15, 2013

Author(s)

Justin M. Gorham, Tinh Nguyen, Deborah S. Jacobs, Coralie Bernard, Richard D. Holbrook

Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) incorporated into a polymeric matrix, or silica nanocomposites (SiNCs), are used in a wide variety of commercially available...

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