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Conferences

Optical Phase-coherent Link Between an Optical Atomic Clock and 1550-nm Mode-locked Lasers

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kevin W. Holman, David J. Jones, Steven T. Cundiff, Jun Ye, John B. Schlager, Erich P. Ippen

We report the lowest timing jitter and tight optical phase coherence between 1550-nm mode-locked laser sources and an 800-nm femtosecond frequency comb serving

Impact of Technical Noise on Supercontinuum Generation in Microstructure Fiber

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Brian Washburn, Kristan L. Corwin, Nathan R. Newbury, R Windeler

The influence of the input laser technical noise on the noise of a generated supercontinuum is experimentally and numerically investigated. The supercontinuum

Monitoring Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites Compounding Using a Dielectric Slit Die

May 30, 2003

Author(s)

Anthony J. Bur, S C. Roth, M M. McBrearty

A new in-line process monitoring instrument, a dielectric slit die, was used to examine compounding of polymer/clay nanocomposites. It is a multi-purpose

Measuring the Invasiveness of High-Impedance Probes

May 14, 2003

Author(s)

Uwe Arz, Pavel Kabos, Dylan Williams

We use on-wafer measurements to characterize the invasiveness of high-impedance probes over a broad frequency range. We show that a two-port representation

Hierarachical Restoration Scheme for Multiple Failures in GMPLS Networks

May 12, 2003

Author(s)

Sanghun Lee, C Kim, David W. Griffith

It is expected that GMPLS-based recovery could become a viable option for obtaining faster restoration than layer 3 rerouting. Even though dedicated restoration

Reactive Molecular Dynamics Model of Thermal Decomposition in Polymers

May 11, 2003

Author(s)

Stanislav I. Stoliarov, Marc R. Nyden, R E. Lyon

The application of quantum chemical and molecular simulation methods can reveal new insights into the thermal degradation chemistries of materials. This work

Broadband Impedance Parameters of Asymmetric Coupled CMOS Interconnects: New Closed-Form Expressions and Comparison with Measurements

May 11, 2003

Author(s)

Uwe Arz, Dylan F. Williams, Dave K. Walker, Luoh A, Hartmut Grabinski, Andreas Weisshaary

New broadband closed-form expressions for the frequencydependent impedance parameters of asymmetric coupled coplanar interconnects on a conductive silicon

Atomic vapor cells for miniature frequency references

May 8, 2003

Author(s)

Svenja A. Knappe, V. Velichansky, Hugh Robinson, Li-Anne Liew, John M. Moreland, John Kitching, Leo W. Hollberg

We report on the fabrication of millimeter-sized vapor cells and their performance on atomic clocks based on coherent population trapping (CPT). We discuss two

Endcaps for TE01 Cavities in Fountain Frequency Standards

May 4, 2003

Author(s)

Neil Ashby, S Romisch, Steven R. Jefferts

Low Instability, Low Phase-Noise Femtosecond Optical Frequency Comb Microwave Synthesizer

May 4, 2003

Author(s)

T M. Ramond, A Bartels, Scott Diddams, Leo W. Hollberg, H Kurz

Ion Optical Clocks and Quantum Information Processing

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

David J. Wineland, James C. Bergquist, Till P. Rosenband, Piet Schmidt, Wayne M. Itano, John J. Bollinger, Dietrich G. Leibfried, W Oskay

We summarize experiments at NIST that (1) use guantum gates to entabgle ions and thereby improve the measurement signal-to-noise ratio in spectroscopy and (2)

Adaptive Jitter Control for UPnP M-Search

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, Christopher E. Dabrowski

Selected service-discovery systems allow clients to issue multicast queries to locate network devices and services. Qualifying devices and services respond

Authenticating Users on Handheld Devices

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen

Adequate user authentication is a persistent problem, particularly with handheld devices, which tend to be highly personal and at the fringes of an organization

Developments toward an Autonomous Robotic Crane for Automated Steel Construction

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kamel S. Saidi, Alan M. Lytle, Nicholas A. Scott

The NIST Construction Metrology and Automation Group, in cooperation with the NIST Intelligent Systems Division, is researching robotic structural steel

Numerical Analysis of a Coaxial Line With a Complex Gap Capacitance

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Jan Obrzut, O Anopchenko

A full wave numerical analysis was performed for a coaxial line terminated by a complex gap capacitance. The scattering parameters, input impedance and the

New Way of Handling Dimensional Measurement Results for Integrated Circuit Technology

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, John S. Villarrubia, Andras Vladar

The international guidelines for correct expression of measurement results and errors call for a through assessment of the errors, their origin and behavior

Multivariant Measurement for Thin Film Adhesion as a Function of Temperature and Thin Film Thickness

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Martin Y. Chiang, R Song, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis

The next generation of electronic components will require new low-k dielectrics or other novel thin films in the sub-micron level to be integrated into their

Better Conformance Testing Through Automation: A Software-Based Approach to Creating Conformance Tests for W3C XML Schema

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

John M. Tebbutt

This paper describes our experiences in developing a highly configurable, extensible, component-based tool for the creation of conformance tests for XML

Evaluating the Evaluation: A Case Study Using the TREC 2002 Question Answering Track

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

Evaluating competing technologies on a common problem set is a powerful way to improve the state of the art and hasten technology transfer. Yet poorly designed

Network Provisioning as a Game Against Nature

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Traditional approaches to network provisioning assume availability of the reliable estimates for the expected demands. This assumption, however, oversimplifies

On Shortest Random Walks under Adversarial Uncertainty

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Finding shortest feasible paths in a weighted graph has numerous applications including admission and routing in communication networks. This paper discusses a

The Effect of Delay Mismatch in MPLS Networks Using 1+1 Protection

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

David W. Griffith, Sanghun Lee, L Krivulina

High-capacity optical-fiber backbone networks protect information flows belonging to their premium customers by routing two copies of the customer's data over

Low-Electron-Energy Cathodoluminescence Study of Polishing and Etching Effects on the Optical Properties of Bulk Single-Crystal Gallium Nitride

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Lawrence H. Robins, B W. Steiner, Norman A. Sanford, C Menoni

Low electron energy cathodoluminescence (LEECL) was used to examine polishing-induced damage in a bulk high-pressure grown GaN single-crystal platelet. The Ga

Phase Field Modelling of Alloy Polycrystals

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

James A. Warren, I Loginova, L Granasy, T Borzsonyi, T Pusztai

Recent results using a phase field model of polycrystalline alloy dynamics are presented, using two numerical techiques: adaptive grids and parallel grids. The

Three Dimensional Phase Field Modeling of Binary Eutectics

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

D J. Lewis, William J. Boettinger, James A. Warren

A multi-phase field model was used to study the three-dimensional dynamics of morphology evolution in binary eutectics. Performing the calculations in three

Using LSM to Investigate Maleated Polypropylene in Polypropylene/Glass Bead Composites

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

J Toke, J D. Muzzy, Marcus T. Cicerone

For several decades maleated polypropylene (mPP) has been blended with polypropylene (PP) in an effort to improve the adhesion of PP to composite reinforcements

Simulation of Droplet Breakup Using a Lattice Boltzmann Method

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Frederick R. Phelan Jr., Nicos Martys

Droplet breakup in homogeneous shear flow at super critical Capillary numbers and a viscosity ratio of unity is studied using a lattice Boltzmann method. We

Flow Induced Coating of Polymer Processing Additives: Development of Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Imaging

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

S B. Kharchenko, Kalman D. Migler, P M. McGuiggan

In the extrusion of polyethylene (PE), fluoropolymer-processing additives (PPA) are used to eliminate the surface defect known as sharkskin by coating the die

PIV Measurements in a Droplet-Laden Homogeneous Turbulent Flow Over a Cylinder

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Cary Presser, G Papadopoulos, J F. Widmann

The dispersal of high boiling point liquid fire suppression agents around solid obstacles is investigated to obtain a better understanding of the physical

A Simulation Study of Repeatability and Bias in the CD-SEM

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

John S. Villarrubia, Andras Vladar, Michael T. Postek

The ability of a critical dimension scanning electron microscope (CD-SEM) to resolve differences in the widths of two lines is determined by measurement

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