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Conferences

Accurate Contrast-Ratio Measurements Using a Cone Mask

May 1, 1997

Author(s)

Paul A. Boynton, Edward F. Kelley

Rigorous Scalar Modeling of Er and Yb/Er-Doped Waveguide Lasers

May 1, 1997

Author(s)

D. L. Veasey, John M. Gary, J. Amin

Ultrafast Optical Excitation of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

May 1, 1997

Author(s)

M. J. Munroe, K. J. Knopp, David H. Christensen

Examination of Domain-Reversed Layers in Z-Cut LiNbO₃ Using Maker Fringe Analysis, Atomic Force Microscopy, and High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction Imaging

May 1, 1997

Author(s)

J. A. Aust, B. Steiner, Norman Sanford, G. Fogarty, B. Yang, Alexana Roshko, J. Amin, C J. Evans

Waveguide Lasers by Ion-Exchange in Er-Doped Glass

May 1, 1997

Author(s)

J. Amin, D. L. Veasey, Norman Sanford, Joseph S. Hayden

Stable CW operating waveguide lasers at room temperature in rare-earth-diffused lithium niobate

May 1, 1997

Author(s)

J. Amin, J. A. Aust, Norman Sanford

A means of reproducibly fabricating stable cw channel waveguide lasers in rare-earth-doped Ti:LiNbO 3 is demonstrated, through careful choice of the light

Precise Definition of Software Component Specifications

April 30, 1997

Author(s)

John A. Horst, Elena R. Messina, Thomas R. Kramer, Hui-Min Huang

Robotics & Intelligent Systems, Metrology, Standards

U.S. Government Activities to Protect the Information Infrastructure

April 28, 1997

Author(s)

Dennis D. Steinauer, Shirley M. Radack, Stuart W. Katzke

This paper is a survey of recent activities of the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. Government (and of some joint activities of government and

Mass Metrology at NIST

April 23, 1997

Author(s)

Zeina J. Kubarych

The mission of the mass group of the Automated Production Technology Division at NIST is to maintain the mass unit, disseminate it to U.S. industry, government

Friction drive for ultra-precision machine tools: interface compliance-based model

April 22, 1997

Author(s)

Bradley N. Damazo, Alex Slocum, A Gee

The roller/bar friction-drive is an example of a high-precision rectilinear actuator. The roller/bar friction drive offers control advantages of low backlash

Technology Requirement to Implement Improved Situation Awareness: Machine Perception

April 16, 1997

Author(s)

James S. Albus

Robotics & Intelligent Systems, Control

Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Holography of Nanophase TiO₂

April 4, 1997

Author(s)

Shirley Turner, J E. Bonevich, James E. Maslar, M I. Aquino, Michael R. Zachariah

Error Analysis of a Hexapod Machine Tool

April 3, 1997

Author(s)

Johannes A. Soons

This paper describes the measurement and analysis of the quasi-static errors of a prototype hexapod milling machine at the National Institute of Standards and

The Effect of End of Range Loops on Transient Enhanced Diffusion in Si

April 1, 1997

Author(s)

K. S. Jones, K. Moller, M. Puga-Lambers, M. Law, David S. Simons, P Chi, B. Freer, J. Bernstein, L. Rubin, R. Simonton, R. G. Elliman, M. Petravic, P. S. Kringhoj

Concepts of a Performance-Based Building Regulatory System for the United States.

March 3, 1997

Author(s)

B J. Meacham

There is much discussion in the United States regarding the transition to the use of performance-based codes and fire safety design methods. To provide a common

Analysis of Fire and Non-Fire Signatures for Discriminating Fire Detection

March 3, 1997

Author(s)

J A. Milke, T J. McAvoy

The characteristics of an improved fire detector which promptly reacts to smoke while discriminating between airborne signatures from fire and non-fire sources

Three Dimensional Modeling of Intumescent Behavior in Fires

March 3, 1997

Author(s)

Kathryn M. Butler, Howard R. Baum, Takashi Kashiwagi

A method of studying the swelling and thermal behavior of intumescent materials using understanding of the basic physical and chemical processes is described

Algorithm for Estimating Carbon Monoxide Formation in Enclosure Fires

March 3, 1997

Author(s)

William M. Pitts

This paper introduces an engineering approach for estimating the generation rate of carbon monoxide (CO) within a room containing a fire. Four CO formation

Effect of Sample Size on the Heat Release Rate of Charring Materials

March 3, 1997

Author(s)

S J. Ritchie, Kenneth D. Steckler, Anthony P. Hamins, Thomas G. Cleary, Jiann C. Yang, Takashi Kashiwagi

The burning of a horizontal wood slab situated atop an insulating substrate was modeled using three coupled submodels for the gas-phase, wood, and substrate

Neutron Beam Methods in the Analysis of Reference Materials

March 1, 1997

Author(s)

Richard M. Lindstrom

Analytical Applications of Neutron Capture Gamma Rays

March 1, 1997

Author(s)

Richard M. Lindstrom, D L. Anderson, Rick L. Paul

The Role of Neutron Activation Analysis in the Development and Certification of NIST Environmental Standard Reference Materials

March 1, 1997

Author(s)

Robert R. Greenberg

Manufacturing Evaluation of Designs: A Knowledge-Based Approach

March 1, 1997

Author(s)

Ronald Giachetti, Kevin K. Jurrens

Manufacturing evaluation is performed with heuristics that are developed internally by the manufacturing experts in the company. Many of the existing

Emergence, Creativity, and Computational Tractability in Shape Grammers

March 1, 1997

Author(s)

Scott Chase

Emergence supports creativity in that emergent features can be considered unanticipated or accidental. The body of shape grammar research over the past quarter

Optimization as a Driver for Design Space Exploration

March 1, 1997

Author(s)

Simon Szykman

This paper describes an approach toward the use of optimization which is a departure from the traditional role optimization plays in the design process

Surge Recordings That Make Sense: Joule Deposition: Yes! - "Joule Content": Never!

March 1, 1997

Author(s)

G. Lindes, A. Mansoor, Francois D. Martzloff, D. Vannoy

Developing a Consumer-Oriented Guide on Surge Protection

March 1, 1997

Author(s)

T. S. Key, Francois D. Martzloff, R. Witt, J. May, S. Black

Concrete Fire Test Programs in Taiwan.

February 13, 1997

Author(s)

T D. Lin, S Chou

Analysis of Pore Pressure, Thermal Stress and Fracture in Rapidly Heated Concrete

February 13, 1997

Author(s)

Z P. Bazant

Nanofabrication via Atom Optics with Chromium

February 10, 1997

Author(s)

Jabez J. McClelland, W Anderson, Robert Celotta

Through the use of light forces exerted by near-resonant laser light, chromium atoms are focused as they deposit onto a substrate, forming nanometer-scale

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