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Conferences

Epitaxial Graphene for High-Current QHE Resistance Standards

July 9, 2018

Author(s)

Mattias Kruskopf, Jiuning Hu, Bi Y. Wu, Yanfei Yang, Hsin Y. Lee, Albert F. Rigosi, David B. Newell, Randolph E. Elmquist

We report the growth of large-area monolayer graphene on the centimeter scale using an optimized growth process allowing for reproducibility and morphology...

Transport of NIST Graphene Quantized Hall Devices and Comparison with AIST Gallium-Arsenide Quantized Hall Devices

July 9, 2018

Author(s)

Dean G. Jarrett, Takehiko Oe, Randolph E. Elmquist, Nobu Kaneko, Albert F. Rigosi, Bi Y. Wu, Hsin Y. Lee, Yanfei Yang

We report the results of a pilot study where two graphene quantized Hall resistance (QHR) devices made at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Epitaxial Graphene p-n Junctions

July 9, 2018

Author(s)

Jiuning Hu, Mattias Kruskopf, Yanfei Yang, Bi Y. Wu, Jifa Tian, Alireza R. Panna, Albert F. Rigosi, Hsin Y. Lee, George R. Jones Jr., Marlin E. Kraft, Dean G. Jarrett, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Randolph E. Elmquist, David B. Newell

We report the fabrication and measurement of top gated epitaxial graphene p-n junctions where exfoliated hexgonal boron nitride (hBN) is used as the gate...

10 T? and 100 T? Resistance Comparison between NIST and AIST

July 9, 2018

Author(s)

Dean G. Jarrett, Takehiko Oe, Nobu Kaneko, Shamith U. Payagala

We report the results of a comparison of 10 TΩ and 100 TΩ high resistance standards between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the...

Interoperability Testbed for Smart Sensors in Smart Grids

July 9, 2018

Author(s)

Yuyin Song, Gerald J. FitzPatrick, Kang B. Lee, Avi M. Gopstein, Paul A. Boynton

Interoperability testing provides a means for achieving and assuring smart sensor data interoperability. Interoperability testbeds can provide the technical...

Towards Efficient Offloading in Fog/Edge Computing by Approximating Effect of Externalities

July 9, 2018

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Fog/Edge computing is an emerging architecture, which extends the Cloud computing paradigm to the edge of the network, enabling new applications and services...

Evaluation of binary and ternary refrigerant blends as replacements for R134a in an air-conditioning system

July 9, 2018

Author(s)

Ian H. Bell, Piotr A. Domanski, Gregory T. Linteris, Mark O. McLinden

We investigate refrigerant blends as possible low-GWP (global warming potential) alternatives for R134a in an air-conditioning application. We carried out an...

Uncertainty Analysis of Experimental Air Conditioner Performance due to the Uncertainty of the Equation of State

July 9, 2018

Author(s)

Ian H. Bell, Jerome Frutiger, Howard Cheung, Jens Abildskov, Gurkan Sin, Shengwei Wang

In previous literature, the uncertainty analyses of experimental results of air conditioners usually ignored the uncertainty due to the equation of state (EoS)...

Economics of Networked Infrastructures at the Edge of Undesirable Contagion: A Case of SIS Infection

July 9, 2018

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

This paper reports on managing systemic risk of undesirable contagion in a networked system in a practically important case of high losses due to contagion. In...

Uncertainty of the Ohm Using Cryogenic and Non-Cryogenic Bridges

July 8, 2018

Author(s)

Alireza Panna, Marlin E. Kraft, Albert Rigosi, George R. Jones Jr., Shamith Payagala, Mattias Kruskopf, Dean G. Jarrett, Randolph Elmquist

We describe recent scaling measurements to decade resistance levels based on both cryogenic and non-cryogenic current comparator bridges. National measurement...

Towards Managing Age of Network State Information in Challenged Networks

July 8, 2018

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Age of Information (AoI) is a recently introduced metric for freshness of the real-time information, which requires frequent updates. This paper argues that AoI...

A Self-Calibrated Transfer Standard for Microwave Calorimetry

July 8, 2018

Author(s)

Dazhen Gu, Xifeng Lu, Ben Jamroz, Dylan Williams, Billy F. Riddle, Xiaohai Cui

We develop a new calibration technique for measuring the correction factor of a calorimeter with a vector network analyzer. Based on a wave-parameter...

Thermal Noise Metrology with Time-Based Synthesis

July 8, 2018

Author(s)

Dazhen Gu

We present a new measurement technique of quantifying noise temperature based on temperature and time. A single pole double throw (SPDT) ultra-fast switch...

A Table-Top Graphene Quantized Hall Standard

July 8, 2018

Author(s)

Albert F. Rigosi, Alireza R. Panna, Shamith U. Payagala, George R. Jones Jr., Marlin E. Kraft, Mattias Kruskopf, Bi Y. Wu, Hsin Y. Lee, Yanfei Yang, Dean G. Jarrett, Randolph E. Elmquist, David B. Newell

We report the performance of a quantum standard based on epitaxial graphene maintained in a 5 T table-top cryocooler system. The ν = 2 resistance plateau, with...

Measurement of Leakage Current to Ground in Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard

July 8, 2018

Author(s)

Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz

The voltage error associated with the leakage current of programmable Josephson voltage standards (PJVS) is one of the largest contributions to the uncertainty...

Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer as Reference Standard for the Measurement of the Phase of Harmonics in Distorted Signals

July 7, 2018

Author(s)

Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Ilya F. Budovsky, Samuel P. Benz, G. Gubler

In this work we use the Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer to provide traceability for the phase of the harmonics of a distorted waveform, relative to its...

Design of a cell-based refractometer with small end-effects

July 7, 2018

Author(s)

Patrick Egan, Jack A. Stone Jr.

In cell-based laser refractometers, interferometer pathlength uncertainty introduced by deformation and stress in the windows through which the beams pass can...

AC Voltage Measurements up to 120 V With a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer and an Inductive Voltage Divider

July 7, 2018

Author(s)

Ilya F. Budovsky, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Samuel P. Benz

We use a precision inductive voltage divider and a lock-in amplifier to extend the voltage range of a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer (JAWS) with a...

Three Volt Pulse-Driven Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

July 7, 2018

Author(s)

Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Steven B. Waltman, Justus Brevik, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz

This paper describes a new generation of Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizers which generate ac waveforms with a root-mean-squared (rms) amplitude of 3 V...

Measuring the Leakage Current to Ground in Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards

July 7, 2018

Author(s)

Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz

The voltage error associated with the leakage current of programmable Josephson voltage standards (PJVS) is one of the largest contributions to the uncertainty...

DC Comparison of a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard and a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

July 7, 2018

Author(s)

Alain Rufenacht, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Anna Fox, Steven B. Waltman, Robert E. Schwall, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz, Charles J. Burroughs

We present the first dc comparison of a programmable Josephson voltage standards and a pulse- driven Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer (JAWS) at 3 V...

Radiofrequency Waveform Synthesis with the Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

July 7, 2018

Author(s)

Justus Brevik, Christine A. Donnelly, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Anna Fox, Pete Hopkins, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz

We have measured the frequency-dependent voltage output up to 100 MHz of a modified version of the Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer. An impedance...

Random-Deadline Missing Probability Analysis for Wireless Communications in Industrial Environments

July 5, 2018

Author(s)

Mohamed T. Hany, Nader Moayeri

The flexibility of wireless networks, and their cost-efficient setup and maintenance have motivated the deployment of wireless communications in industrial...

Pseudo-exhaustive Verification of Rule Based Systems

July 1, 2018

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Dylan J. Yaga, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei, Chung Tong Hu

Rule-based systems are important in application domains such as artificial intelligence and business rule engines, as well as formal methods for software design...

Non-tunneling origin of the 1/f noise in SiC MOSFET

July 1, 2018

Author(s)

Kin (Charles) Cheung, Jason Campbell

Abstract: It has long been established that MOSFET random telegraph noise and the cumulative 1/f noise is the result of inversion charge tunneling in and out of...

MODELING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CENTER FOR RISK-BASED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PLANNING

June 30, 2018

Author(s)

John W. van de Lindt, Bruce Ellingwood, Paolo Gardoni, Daniel Cox, Therese P. McAllister

Recent events such as the 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake, the 2011 Great Tohoku, Japan earthquake and tsunami, and Superstorm Sandy in 2012 have...

TMA: An Efficient Timestamp-Based Monitoring Approach to Test Timing Constraints of Cyber-Physical Systems

June 29, 2018

Author(s)

Mohammadreza Mehrabian, Mohammad Khayatian, Ahmed Mousa, Aviral Shrivastava, Patricia Derler, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Dhananjay Anand, Edward Griffor, Hugo Andrade, John Eidson

Formal specifications on temporal behavior of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is essential for verification of performance and safety. Existing solutions for...

A 3D Topology Optimization Scheme for M2M Communications

June 29, 2018

Author(s)

Yalong Wu, Wei Yu, Jin Zhang, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie

Without efficient topology management, M2M communications will likely asymmetrically congest gateways and eNodeBs in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)...

In-Vehicle Software Defined Networking: An Enabler for Data Interoperability

June 27, 2018

Author(s)

Khalid Halba, Charif Mahmoudi

Future transportation systems evolve new in-vehicle network designs are required to handle the heterogeneous data generated by different Electronic Control...

The 2017 NIST Language Recognition Evaluation

June 26, 2018

Author(s)

Seyed Omid Sadjadi, Timothée N. Kheyrkhah, Audrey N. Tong, Craig S. Greenberg, Douglas Reynolds, Elliot Singer, Lisa Mason, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero

In 2017, NIST conducted the most recent in an ongoing series of Language Recognition Evaluations (LRE) meant to foster research in robust text- and speaker...

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