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In order to provide reliable connections across metropolitan and wide-area optical networks, the network operator must provide some degree of redundancy so that
Jonathan E. Guyer, William J. Boettinger, James A. Warren, Geoffrey B. McFadden
We present the first application of phase field modeling to electrochemistry. A free energy functional that includes the electrostatic effect of charged
Rocking curve texture measurements were made on thin films of zinc oxide (ZnO) and platinum (Pt) using a powder x-ray diffractometer, and also, in the case of
G Kim, F Groehn, B D. Viers, Barry J. Bauer, Eric J. Amis
In this study, the morphological behavior of PAMAM dendrimers as stabilizers and templates for the formation of inorganic nanoclusters in amorphous and
J Blendell, M R. Locatelli, Jay S. Wallace, B Hockey
One of the critical issues in advancing the use of cofired ceramic tape in electronic applications is the reproducibility of the shrinkage of the green tapes
Wolfgang L. Wiese, Ulf Griesmann, R Kling, J Musielok
A series of atomic oscillator strengths measurements was carried out in the last seven years at NIST with a combination of emission spectroscopy and lifetime
Improved accuracy photometric and tristimulus color scales are being developed at NIST utilizing the very low uncertainty of novel spectral responsivity
We have established a measurement system for the direct calibration of energy density (dose) meters. It consists of beam-shaping objects, a beamsplitter
A Srujana, A Wadhawan, K Srikala, R L. Cottier, W Zhao, Christopher Littler, J M. Perez, T D. Golding, Anthony G. Birdwell, W Henrion, M Rebien, P Stauss, R Glosser
This paper presents a receiver design for IEEE 802.11 FHSS (Frequency-Hopping Spread-Spectrum) wireless local area network systems. 802.11 FHSS systems support
This paper presents the design and implementation of a mobile ad-hoc network for video communications. The network architecture is based on cluster-to-cluster
In many applications such as construction, manufacturing, ground robotic vehicles, and rescue operations, there are many issues that necessitate the capability
We propose a neural network to answer a point query in Rn partitioned based on the Voronoi diagram. Our novel design offers the potential to reduce both the
Joseph~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined Lenhart, Ronald L. Jones, Eric K. Lin, Christopher Soles, Wen-Li Wu, Daniel A. Fischer, S Sambasivan, D L. Goldfarb, M Angelopoulos
Control of the shape, critical dimension (CD), and roughness is critical for the fabrication of sub 100 nm features, where the CD and roughness budget are
D A. Samuels, T C. Weinacht, O L. Monti, E Gershgoren, S R. Leone, H C. Kapteyn, M M. Murnane, R A. Bartels
This paper discusses the creation and measurement of large amplitude, impulsively excited vibrational wave packets in small polyatomimolecules (CO 2, SF 6, CCI
A NIST-Developed pryoelectric radiometer was characterized and calibrated to extend the NIST high accuracy spectral responsively scale from the visible range to
E Dawidowicz, Michael Gruninger, L Pouchard, Craig I. Schlenoff, Lawrence A. Welsch, A Meystel
At the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) conference held at NIST in August, 2002, a panel discussion was held entitled What is the Role of
Ferroelectric pyroelectric detectors are presently used for high accuracy laser metrology. We investigate ways to exploit domain-engineered ferroelectric
Kevin L. Silverman, Benjamin D. Klein, Richard Mirin, Steven T. Cundiff, K. Furbush
We measure the dipole moment of InGaAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots by investigating the propagation of femtosecond light pulses interacting resonantly with
Bryan C. Waltrip, Andrew D. Koffman, Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic
The design and construction of inductive voltage dividers (IVDs) for use in impedance bridge applications in the 50 Hz to 1 MHz frequency range is described
Jiann C. Yang, Samuel L. Manzello, Marc R. Nyden, M D. Connaghan
An aircraft engine nacelle refers to the region between the engine body and its casing. Fuel and hydraulic lines, pumps, and lubrication systems are located
With the advent of the Web and the refinement of instrumentation and monitoring tools, software user interactions are being captured on a much larger scale than
Nelson P. Bryner, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D W. Stroup, J H. Lee
In 1998, over 500 firefighters in the United States were trapped in structure fires that resulted in injury or death of firefighters. Firefighters can be
New in TREC-2001 was the Video Track, the goal of which was to promote progress in content-based retrieval from digital video open, metrics-based evaluation
Optical semiconductor lithography in the deep ultraviolet (DUV) and next generation lithographies such as extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) create many new
The Parallel Cantilever Biaxial Micro-Positioner (PCBMP) has a novel configuration and design in that it has two parallel sets of cantilever beam flexures. This
Richard A. Allen, Michael W. Cresswell, Christine E. Murabito, William F. Guthrie, Loren W. Linholm, Colleen E. Hood, E. Hal Bogardus
A technique has been developed to certify the linewidths of the features of a prototype reference materials for the calibration of CD (Critical-Dimension)
A novel method for communicating commands in hierarchical planning control is presented. This new method can be used to warranty that plans created will be