Conferences

Towards Measuring the Performance of Architectural Components of Autonomous Vehicular Systems

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Lawrence A. Welsch, Rajmohan (. Madhavan, Craig I. Schlenoff

For a vehicular system to act intelligent, the system must be able to 1) sense in a dynamic domain; 2) model the domain internally; 3)determine possible courses

Interpreting Oscillatory Frequency Stability Plots

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

David A. Howe

This writing discusses the appearance of peaks and valleys in Allan deviation plots (also known as sigma-tau, root Avar, or Adev plots).

Triggered Image Capture for High Speed Display Characterization

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

John W. Roberts

¿¿¿Precision display measurements often involve the integration of light measurements over many frames. Newer display technologies with high speed light

Effects of Etching Time and Wafer Miscut on the Morphology of Etched Si(111) Surfaces

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Hui Zhou, Joseph Fu, S Gonda, Richard M. Silver

In order to meet leading edge and future measurement and calibration needs, NIST has been pursuing the development of atom-based dimensional standards and

Scattering by a Dielectric Wedge for Oblique Incidence

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Egon Marx

Electromagnetic scattering of an incident plane monochromatic wave by dielectric or finitely conducting infinite cylinders of arbitrary cross section can be

Progress on a Miniature Laser-Cooled Cesium Fountain Frequency Standard

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Thomas P. Heavner, Steven R. Jefferts, Elizabeth A. Donley, Thomas E. Parker

Human-Robot Interactions: Creating Synergistic Cyber Forces

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Jean C. Scholtz

Human-robot interaction for mobile robots is still in its infancy. As robots increase in capabilities and are able to perform more tasks in an autonomous manner

Progress in Developing NIST Standard Casings

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger, M Ols

Standard casings and bullets are currently under development to support the National Integrated Ballistics information Network (NIBIN). The master casings are

NIST Electrostatic Force Balance Experiment

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

John A. Kramar, David B. Newell, Jon R. Pratt

We have designed and built a prototype electrostatic force balance for realizing forces in the micronewton range. The active electrodes are concentric cylinders

Sub-Picosecond Active Timing Control Over Fiber Optic Cable

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Thomas P. Celano, S R. Stein, G A. Gifford, B A. Mesander, B J. Ramsey

Crack Growth in Sapphire

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, Ralph Krause

Crack growth was studied in sapphire on both the m-plane and the r-plane (rhombohedral twin plane). Crack growth on the m-plane fit a power law function of

Wavelength accuracy in WDM: techniques and standards for component characterization

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Sarah L. Gilbert, Shelley M. Etzel, William C. Swann

Stable, accurately measured wavelength references can be used for wavelength calibration of instruments. We discuss both fundamental and artifact wavelength

Sensor Network and Information Interoperability Integrating IEEE 1451 With MIMOSA and OSA-CBM

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Kang B. Lee, Robert Gao, Richard D. Schneeman

The IEEE 1451 Smart Transducer Interface for Sensors and Actuators Standard was developed to facilitate sensor to network interoperability. It has defined a set

Improving Temperature Accuracy for Rapid Thermal Processing at NIST

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Benjamin K. Tsai, D P. DeWitt

Position Dependence in the CDMS II Zip Detectors

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

V. Madic, W. Rau, D. S. Akerib, P L. Brink, B. Cabrera, J. P. Castle, C S. Chang, M. B. Crisler, D Driscoll, J Emes, R. J. Gaitskell, J. Hellmig, M E. Huber, J M. Martinis, P. Meunier, T. A. Perera, M C. Perillo Isaac, T. Saab, B. Sadoulet, R. W. Schnee, D N. Seltz, G Z. Wang, B C. Young

The Ge and Si detectors developed by the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) 11 experiment rely on the simultaneous detection of athermal phonons and ionization

Pump-wavelength Dependence of Raman Gain

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Nathan R. Newbury

The scaling of the Raman gain with pump wavelength is determined by three complimentary techniques: gain comparison at different pump wavelengths, gain

Tri-Alpha-Napthyl Benzene as a Crystalline or Glassy Matrix for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization: A Model System for the Study of Effects of Dispersion of Polymer Samples at a Molecular Level

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Barry J. Bauer, Kathleen M. Flynn, Da-Wei Liu, William R. Blair

Tri-a-napthyl benzene (TaNB) is used as a matrix in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) spectroscopy. Electrosprayed TaNB is crystalline and has

Diffraction Corrections in Radiometery: A Proposed Method to Estimate Uncertainties

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Eric L. Shirley, R Kacker, Raju V. Datla

Phase Relationships and Phase Formation in the System BaF₂-BaO-Y₂O₃-CuO_x-H₂O

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Lawrence P. Cook, J Suh, Igor Levin, Mark D. Vaudin, Ron Feenstra, James P. Cline

The interplay of melting equilibria and reaction kinetics is important during formation of the Ba2YCu3O6+x (Y-213) phase from starting materials in the

Video-Based Metrology

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Theodore D. Doiron, John R. Stoup, Marilyn N. Abrams, Tsai Hong Hong

Video cameras are increasingly used to make dimensional measurements. Many of these systems use interpolation of the pixel data, with some systems claiming to

Detector-Based Sphere Photometry for Industry

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Yoshihiro Ohno, R S. Bergman

From Promising to Practical: How Standards Help Bring New Materials to the Market

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Stephen W. Freiman

Let us make a bold statement to begin with. Basedupon numerous conversations with individuals in industry and elsewhere, it is our conclusion that For new

Collaboration between NPL and NIST ed. by K. Berry A celebration of the past - A vision for the future,

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

K B. Gebbie

Physical Measurement of Flashing Lights {?} Now and Then

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Yoshihiro Ohno

Dendritic Polymer Templates for the Formation of Nanoparticles in Polymer Matrix and their Characterization

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

G Kim, Franziska Grohn, B D. Viers, Barry J. Bauer, C L. Jackson, Eric J. Amis

Phase Coherent Synthesis of Optical Frequencies and Waveforms

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Jun Ye, Steven T. Cundiff, John L. Hall, D J. Jones, R J. Jones, John D. Jost, H C. Kapteyn, L -. Ma

Measurement of Lithographic Overlay by Light Scattering Ellipsometry, ed. by Z.H. Gu and A.A. Maradudin

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Thomas A. Germer

Prediction of Lateral and Normal Force-Displacement Curves for Flipchip Solder Joints

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Daniel Wheeler, Daniel Josell, James A. Warren, William E. Wallace

The Design of a Parallel Adaptive Multi-Level Code in Fortran 90

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

William F. Mitchell

Software for the solution of partial differential equations using adaptive refinement, multi-level solvers and parallel processing is complicated and requires

Optical Frequency Measurement and Standards

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Jun Ye, John L. Hall