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Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger, Thomas Brian Renegar, Hyug-Gyo Rhee, A Zheng, L Ma, John M. Libert, Susan M. Ballou, B Bachrach, K Bogart
Three optical instruments including an interferometric microscope, a Nipkow disk confocal microscope and a laser scanning confocal microscope are used for the
A S. Deshmukh, M V. Karnik, Satyandra K. Gupta, Ram D. Sriram
The increased use of 3D CAD systems by product development organizations has resulted in large databases of assemblies; this explosion of assembly data will
Theodore V. Vorburger, Ronald G. Dixson, Joseph Fu, Ndubuisi George Orji, Shaw C. Feng, Michael W. Cresswell, Richard A. Allen, William F. Guthrie, Wei Chu
We discuss nano-scale length metrology of linewidth, step height, and line edge roughness (LER). These properties are of growing importance to the function and
Based on auto- and cross-correlation functions (ACF and CCF), a new surface parameter called profile (or topography) difference, Ds, has been developed for
Kristine A. Bertness, Alexana Roshko, Albert Davydov, Igor Levin, Mark D. Vaudin, Joy Barker, John B. Schlager, Norman Sanford, Larry Robins
We have grown a variety of isolated GaN nanowires using gas-source molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and characterized their structural and optical properties. The
We have implemented a quantum key distribution (QKD) system with polarization encoding at 850 nm over 1 km of optical fiber. The high-speed management of the
M. Myslinski, Kate Remley, Michael McKinley, Dominique Schreurs, Bart Nauwelaers
This work presents a procedure to design a multisine with probability density function (PDF) similar to that of a measured realistic digitally modulated signal
S P. Mates, Richard L. Rhorer, S Banovic, Eric P. Whitenton, Richard J. Fields
The tensile strength of frangible bullets is measured by a high rate diametral compression test (DCT) performed with a Kolsky Bar. Frangible bullets, meant to
Jon R. Pratt, John A. Kramar, Gordon A. Shaw, Lee Kumanchik
We describe the electrical and length measurements necessary to realize micronewton forces in a fashion consistent with the International System of Units (SI)
A Deshpande, V Madhavan, V Pednekar, A H. Adibi-Sedeh, Robert W. Ivester
The accuracy of the constitutive model is an important contributor towards the accuracy of finite element analyses of different manufacturing processes. Due to
P.-N. Seo, Kevin Coakley, J M. Doyle, F H. DuBose, R Golub, E Korobkina, S K. Lamoreaux, Hans Pieter Mumm, C M. O'Shaughnessy, G R. Palmquis, A K. Thompson, Grace L. Yang, L Yang, Paul R. Huffman
As part of an on-going program utilizing magnetically trapped ultracold neutrons (UCNs,) we are developing a technique that offers the possibility of improving
Brian O'Neill, Timothy P. Quinn, Victor F. Frankel, King C. Li
Recently, we have reported enhanced permeability of tissues due to in vivo treatment with pulsed high intensity focused ultrasound (pHIFU). This new therapy has
Alexander J. Barker, Brant Cage, Stephen E. Russek, Ruchira Garg, R Shandas, Conrad Stoldt
Two potential molecular imaging vectors are investigated for material properties and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast improvement. Monodisperse
A method is described for multiscale modeling of a quantum dot in a semiconductor containing a free surface. The method is based upon the use of the lattice
Catherine A. Remley, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Robert T. Johnk, David R. Novotny, Paul D. Hale, Michael McKinley, Emmanouil Antonakakis, A Karygiannis
The proliferation of wireless devices and the availability of new wireless applications and services raise new privacy and security concerns. Although network
K. Remley, Robert Johnk, Tom T. Karygiannis, Emmanouil Antonakakis
This work investigates a measurement method for detecting the radio-frequency electromagnetic characteristics of an individual 802.11b wireless local-area
We describe an automatic Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) system that disambiguates verb senses using syntactic and semantic features that encode information
The proponents of digital cinema seek picture quality exceeding that of the best film-based presentation. Quantifying the performance of systems for the
Thomas W. LeBrun, T W. Hwang, I Y. Park, Jun-Feng Song, Yong-Gu Lee, Nicholas G. Dagalakis, Cedric V. Gagnon, Arvind K. Balijepalli
There are several new tools for manipulating microscopic objects. Among them, optical tweezers (OT) has two distinguishing advantages. Firstly, OT can easily
The design and test of a wide bandwidth (3 dB attenuation bandwidth > 20 GHz) , 50 ohm , coaxial probe for the electrical characterization of printed wiring