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Simulation provides the capability to evaluate performance of a system operating under current or proposed configura-tions, policies and procedures. It is very...
Laurent Deshayes, J L. Evans, Robert W. Ivester, D G. Bhat, S A. Batzer
Many of the currently used tool materials will dissolve, diffuse, and/or react with titanium due to high temperatures at the tool/work-piece interface...
Mehmet M. Baysal, Utpal Roy, Sudarsan Rachuri, Ram D. Sriram, Kevin W. Lyons
The objective of this paper is to discuss the main issues for product information exchange through the Open Assembly Model (OAM). The OAM model provides a base...
Many new applications are emerging for piezoelectric ceramics, including adaptive structures, vibration isolation, and nano-robotics. In these instances...
Motivated by recent efforts to mitigate blast loading using energy absorbing materials, this paper investigates the uniaxial crushing of cellular media in...
Ulf Griesmann, Nadia Machkour-Deshayes, Byoung C. Kim, Quandou (. Wang, Lahsen Assoufid
The Geometry Measuring Machine (GEMM) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a profilometer for free-form surfaces. A profile is...
Till P. Rosenband, Piet Schmidt, Jeroen Koelemeij, Wayne M. Itano, Yohei Kobayashi, Tara M. Fortier, Scott A. Diddams, James C. Bergquist, David J. Wineland
We perform precision spectroscopy on 27Al + with the aid of a 9Be + ion. Using sympathetic cooling and quantum state transfer, we efficiently interrogate the 1S...
Vladislav Gerginov, C E. Tanner, Scott A. Diddams, A Bartels, Leo W. Hollberg
The output of a mode-locked femtosecond-laser is usd for high resolution spectroscopy of Cs in an atomic beam. The laser is referenced directly to the stable RF...
Kyoungsik Kim, Brian R. Washburn, Christopher W. Oates, Leo W. Hollberg, Nathan R. Newbury, Scott A. Diddams, P. S. Westbrook, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, K Feder
We report the significant enhancement (-24 dB) of the optical beat note between a 657-nm CW laser and the tailored continuum generated with a nonlinear fiber...
Christopher W. Oates, C Hoyt, Zeb Barber, Scott A. Diddams, Tara M. Fortier, Leo W. Hollberg
With atoms cooled to {less than} 84 υK in a magneto-optic trap, we perform the first fs-laser-based absolute measurements (uncertainty 1S 0- 3P 0 clock...
Leo W. Hollberg, Scott A. Diddams, A Bartels, John J. McFerran, Eugene N. Ivanov, G Wilpers, Christopher W. Oates
Optical frequency references achieve the best frequency stability of any oscillators by taking advantage of high Q = υ 0/{Δ}υ optical resonances. These systems...
Kyoungsik Kim, Brian R. Washburn, C. W. Oates, Leo W. Hollberg, Nathan R. Newbury, Scott Diddams, Paul S. Westbrook, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, K Feder
We report the significant enhancement (24 dB) of the optical beat note between a 657-nm CW laser and the tailored continuum generated with a nonlinear fiber...
Nathan R. Newbury, Brian Washburn, William C. Swann, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, K Feder, Paul S. Westbrook
Fiber laser-based frequency combs can provide a comb of well-defined spectral lines across the near-infrared, including the telecommunication. We discuss these...
We describe a laboratory-scale system for x-ray absorption imaging of the Hg vapor distribution in high-intensity discharge plasmas. This system utilizes...
We report a measurement of the 199Hg + 5d 96 s 2 2 d5/2 electric quadrupole moment and discuss its implications for the accruacy of an optical clock based upon...
Roger V. Bostelman, Tsai Hong Hong, Rajmohan Madhavan
The performance evaluation of an obstacle detection and segmentation algorithm for Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) navigation using a 3D real-time range camera...
The Improved Infrared Interferometer (IR3) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a phase-measuring interferometer, operating at a...
Over the last few years, research in the area of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) has focused on routing protocol performance improvements, security enhancements...
The era of internet based bioinformatics has created a unique opportunity to develop creative web tools and techniques to communicate complex biological data...
Several aspects of the Color Rendering Index (CRI) are flawed, limiting its usefulness in assessing the color rendering capabilities of LEDs for general...
The development and evaluation of a multicomponent diffusion mobility database for Ni-rich alloys are reviewed. In an effort to more directly evaluate the...
Robert T. Johnk, David R. Novotny, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Seturnino Canales, Janalee A. Graham, Louis L. Nagy, Doug Martin, Scott Yencer, Donald Hibbard, Tyrone L. Roach
This paper summarizes a joint industry/govenment effort to eveluate a large outdoor automotive antenna test range owned by a large automotive manufacturer.
Features on photomasks used in the semiconductor industry have steadily decreased in size to fit more elements on a wafer. When the size becomes smaller than...
The National Software Reference Library (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and...
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...
We examine the performance of multimodal biometric authentication systems using state-of-the-art Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) fingerprint and face biometric...
We examine the performance of multimodal biometric authentication systems using state-of-the-art Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) fingerprint and face biometric...
The National Software Reference Library (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and...