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Journals

Editorial: Functional Foods and Dietary Supplements

March 14, 2013

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer

Vapor Phase Metal-assisted Chemical Etching of Silicon

March 14, 2013

Author(s)

Owen J. Hildreth, Daniel R. Schmidt

This work introduces and explores Vapor Phase Metal-assisted Chemical Etching (VP-MaCE) of silicon as a method to bypass some of the challenges found in...

Fast, All-Optical, Zero to PI Continuously Controllable Kerr Phase Gate

March 13, 2013

Author(s)

Runbing Li, Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley

We demonstrate a fast-responding Kerr phase gate using a room-temperature 85Rb vapor operated in a Raman gain scheme where the probe/signal wave travels...

Characterization of Standard Reference Material 2944, Bi-Ion-Doped Glass, Spectral Correction Standard for Red Fluorescence

March 13, 2013

Author(s)

Paul C. DeRose, Melody V. Smith, Jeffrey R. Anderson, Gary W. Kramer

Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2944 is a cuvette-shaped, Bi-ion-doped glass, recommended for use for relative spectral correction of emission and day-to-day...

Recognizing and Overcoming Analytical Error in the Use of ICP-MS for the Determination of Cadmium in Nutraceuticals

March 13, 2013

Author(s)

Karen E. Murphy, Thomas W. Vetter

The potential effect of spectral interference on the accurate measurement of the cadmium (Cd) mass fraction in nutraceutical materials using inductively coupled...

Mode- and Size-Dependent Landau-Lifshitz Damping in Magnetic Nanostructures: Evidence for Nonlocal Damping

March 12, 2013

Author(s)

Hans T. Nembach, Justin M. Shaw, Carl T. Boone, Thomas J. Silva

We demonstrate a strong dependence of the effective damping on the nanomagnet size and the particular spin-wave mode, that can be explained by the theory of...

Transient mobility in silicon as seen by a combination of free-carrier absorption and resonance-coupled photoconductive decay

March 12, 2013

Author(s)

Ari D. Feldman, John H. Lehman, Richard K. Ahrenkiel

The combination of the resonance-coupled photoconductive decay (RCPCD) apparatus and a pump-probe free carrier absorption experiment results in a method of...

The Art in Science of microTAS (Editorial)

March 12, 2013

Author(s)

Michael Gaitan

The discovery of a natural phenomenon unveils a curtain of ignorance from what has always existed. However, the creation of art requires the use of materials...

Where is the required lattice match in horizontal growth of nanowires?

March 12, 2013

Author(s)

Babak Nikoobakht

The surface-directed growth of nanowires (NWs) has been demonstrated for a number of semiconductors and is anticipated to be applicable to a wider group of...

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Gate Tunable Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 Thin Films

March 12, 2013

Author(s)

Tong Zhang, Niv Levy, Jeonghoon Ha, Young Kuk, Joseph A. Stroscio

Electrical field control of the carrier density of topological insulators (TI) has greatly expanded the possible practical use of these materials. However, the...

Experimental Evidence for s-Wave Pairing Symmetry in Superconducting Cu_x}Bi_2}Se_3} Single Crystals Using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

March 12, 2013

Author(s)

Niv Levy, Tong Zhang, Jeonghoon Ha, Fred Sharifi, Alec Talin, Young Kuk, Joseph A. Stroscio

Topological superconductors (TS) are a newly predicted phase of matter which is topologically distinct from conventional superconducting condensates of Cooper...

STATUS OF RADIO FREQUENCY, HIGH FREQUENCY, AND ANALOG/MIXED-SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES: CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS

March 11, 2013

Author(s)

Herbert S. Bennett, John J. Pekarik

Radio frequency (RF), high frequency, and analog/mixed-signal (A/MS) technologies serve the rapidly growing communications and More-than-Moore (MtM) markets and...

Highly efficient heralding of entangled single photons

March 11, 2013

Author(s)

Sven Ramelow, Alexandra Mech, Marissa Giustina, Simon Groeblacher, Witlef Wieczorek, Adriana Lita, Brice R. Calkins, Thomas Gerrits, Sae Woo Nam, Anton Zeilinger, Rupert Ursin

Single photons are an important prerequisite for a broad spectrum of quantum optical applications. We experimentally demonstrate a heralded single-photon source...

Exploiting shot noise correlations in the photodetection of ultrashort optical pulse trains

March 10, 2013

Author(s)

Franklyn J. Quinlan, Tara M. Fortier, Haifeng (. Jiang, Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Yang Fu, J. C. Campbell, Scott A. Diddams

Photocurrent shot noise represents the fundamental quantum limit of amplitude, phase and timing measurements of optical signals. It is generally assumed that...

Hyperspectral Image Segmentation of the Common Bile Duct

March 8, 2013

Author(s)

Daniel V. Samarov, Eleanor Wehner, Roderich E. Schwarz, Karel Zuzak, Edward Livingston, Maritoni A. Litorja

Over the course of the last several years hyperspectral imaging (HSI) has seen increased usage in biomedicine. Within the medical field in particular HSI has...

Energy levels and spectral lines of singly ionized manganese (Mn II)

March 7, 2013

Author(s)

Alexander Kramida, Jean E. Sansonetti

This compilation revises the previously recommended list of energy levels of singly ionized manganese (Mn II) and provides a comprehensive list of observed...

Light polarization and quantum interference effects in unresolvable atomic lines: application to a precise measurement of the 6,7Li D2 lines.

March 7, 2013

Author(s)

Roger C. Brown, Saijun Wu, James V. Porto, Craig J. Sansonetti, Clayton Simien, Samuel M. Brewer, Joseph N. Tan, John D. Gillaspy

We characterize the effect of quantum interference of light scattering on the line shapes and measured line positions in atomic spectra. These effects occur...

Direct Imaging of Topological Edges States with Cold Atoms

March 7, 2013

Author(s)

Ian B. Spielman, Nathan Goldman, Jean Dalibard, Alexandre Dauphin, Maciej Lewenstein, Fabrice Gerbier, Peter Zoller

Detecting manifestation of topological order in cold-atom experiments is an outstanding challenge, the resolution of which offers novel perspectives on...

Correction to Comparison of Sub-Millimeter-Wave Scattering-Parameter Calibrations with Imperfect Electrical Ports

March 7, 2013

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams

Accurate, inexpensive testing of handheld lasers for safe use and operation

March 7, 2013

Author(s)

Marla L. Dowell, Joshua A. Hadler

An accurate, inexpensive test bed for measurements of optical power emitted from handheld lasers is described. Our test bed consists of a thermopile detector...

Improving the performance of bright quantum dot single photon sources using temporal filtering via amplitude modulation

March 7, 2013

Author(s)

Serkan Ates, Imad I. Agha, Angelo Gulinatti, Ivan Rech, Antonio Badolato, Kartik Srinivasan

Quantum interference and light polarization effects in unresolvable atomic lines: Application to a precise measurement of the 6,7Li D2 lines

March 7, 2013

Author(s)

Roger C. Brown, Saijun Wu, James V. Porto, Craig J. Sansonetti, Clayton Simien, Samuel M. Brewer, Joseph N. Tan, John D. Gillaspy

Towards Discrete Axial p-n Junction Nanowire LEDs Grown by Plasma-Assisted MBE

March 6, 2013

Author(s)

Matthew D. Brubaker

In this paper we investigate axial p-n junction GaN nanowires grown by plasma-assisted MBE, with particular attention to the effect of Mg doping on the device...

Thermo-chemical wear model and worn tool shapes for single-crystal diamond tools cutting steel

March 6, 2013

Author(s)

Brandon M. Lane, Thomas A. Dow, Ronald O. Scattergood

An Arrhenius-type thermochemical wear model proposed by past researchers is evaluated for predicting diamond tool wear when machining low carbon steel. Tool...

Shifts of optical frequency references based on spectral hole burning in Eu3+:Y2SiO5

March 6, 2013

Author(s)

David R. Leibrandt, Michael J. Thorpe, Till P. Rosenband

Spectral hole burning laser frequency stabilization in Eu3+:Y2SiO5 is performed in a cryogenic environment with high temperature stability and low levels of...

Soliton dynamics of an atomic spinor condensate on a Ring Lattice

March 6, 2013

Author(s)

Indubala I. Satija, Carlos L. Pando L., Eite Tiesinga

We study the dynamics of macroscopically-coherent matter waves of an ultra-cold atomic spin-1 or spinor condensate on a ring lattice of six sites and...

Analytical Methodology for Rapid Determination of Organic Aerosol Functional Group Distributions

March 5, 2013

Author(s)

Alicia J. Pettibone, William S. McGivern

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles result from the condensation of oxidized volatile organic compounds (VOC) and consist of a complex mixture that...

Two-port microwave calibration at milliKelvin temperatures

March 5, 2013

Author(s)

Leonardo M. Ranzani, Lafe F. Spietz, Zoya Popovic, Jose A. Aumentado

In this work we introduce a system for 2-port microwave calibration at millikelvin temperatures operating at the coldest stage of a dilution refrigerator by use...

1932 A watershed year in nuclear physics

March 4, 2013

Author(s)

Joseph Reader, Charles W. Clark

1932 was the year for an amazing series of discoveries in physics. This started with the announcement of the discovery of deuterium, followed by the discoveries...

Sensitivity Analysis for Biometric Systems: A Methodology Based on Orthogonal Experiment Designs

March 4, 2013

Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, James J. Filliben, Ross J. Micheals, P J. Phillips

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an effective and structured methodology for carrying out a biometric system sensitivity analysis. The goal of...

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