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David J. Wineland, C Monroe, D M. Meekhof, B E. King, Dietrich G. Leibfried, Wayne M. Itano, James C. Bergquist, D J. Berkeland, John J. Bollinger, J D. Miller
A single trapped 9Be+ ion is used to investigate Jaynes-Cummings dynamics for a two-level atomic system coupled to harmonic atomic motion. We create and
Lowell P. Howard, Fredric Scire, Jack A. Stone Jr.
A description of a Fabry-Perot interferometer for measuring small displacements is given. The instruments consists of a fiber-optic-coupled actuator and mirror
The recent halt in the production of CF3Br because of its deleterious effect on stratospheric ozone levels has intensified the search for new suppressants with
A time-varying, axi-symmetric, methane/air, nonpremixed flame is created by imposing a sinusoidal modulation to the fuel flow rate, which creates flames that
An equation for an unknown surface field that represents scattering by a rough patch on a flat dielectric surface is presented. The geometrical considerations
Jun-Feng Song, Samuel R. Low III, David J. Pitchure, Theodore V. Vorburger
Since the 1980's, the European Community (EC) has established a unified Rockwell C hardness (HRC) scale by averaging several national scales, which come from
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing a simple one-dimension certified pitch standard (or scale) covering the range 1 um to 10 mm
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are developing a virtual manufacturing cell, which will facilitate standards development and
This paper describes a new project that is part of a program initiated by the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and
This paper summarizes - the work that is currently being done within ISO 10303 (a.k.a. STEP -- ISO/TC184/SC4) -- the needs for data access and sharing in a
Richard M. Silver, Amy Singer, L Carroll, S Berg-cross, James E. Potzick
Many of the significant challenges in making accurate overlay registration measurements are discussed. An understanding of the causes of the errors affecting