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Observed spectral lines of neutral boron are critically compiled. Fromselected best measurements, an improved and extended set of energy levels isderived for
Gillian Nave, Zhigang Li, Craig J. Sansonetti, Ulf Griesmann, Alexander Fried
We describe our program to measure branching fractions of Fe II in the vacuum ultraviolet. Branching ratios above 1400 are measured using Fourier transform
F Bovino, A Colla, G Castagnoli, Stefania Castelletto, Ivo P. Degiovanni, M L. Rastello
We experimentally implemented an eavesdropping attack against the Ekert protocol for quantum key distribution based on the Wigner inequality. We demonstrate a
Konrad Lehnert, B A. Turek, K Bladh, L F. Spietz, D Gunnarsson, P Delsing
We measure the average charge on a single-electron box, with an accuracy of 10 -3 e as a function of an externally applied potential. At this accuracy, we
Nonresonant four-wave mixing in rarefied gases in which the nonlinearity arises from microscopic velocity perturbations induced by electrostriction has been
Poly(methyl-methacrylate) (PMMA) thin films were spun cast on silicon and exposed to a 30 nm half-pitch EUV interference pattern. The sample was imaged by
We study the stability of Bose-Einstein condensates with superfluid currents in a one-dimensional periodic potential. By using the Kronig-Penney model, the
Optical second harmonic generation Is very sensitive to surfaces or interfaces if the bulk material is inversion symmetric. We present the resultsof second
Howard W. Yoon, Charles E. Gibson, V B. Khromchenko
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has initiated a project on novel high-temperature fixed points by use of metal (carbide)-carbon
Photoscoustic spectroscopy in room-temperature H 2O/HOD/D 2O cells has been used to probe the 3v OH and 4v OH overtone bands in HOD via excitation with a single
The dosimetry of intravascular brachytherapy sources is quite difficult due to the small size of the sources and the close proximity at which measurements are
Motivated by a recent experiment by Zelevinsky et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 203201], we present the theory for photoassociation and optical Feshbach resonances
S T. Cundiff, B C. Collins, N N. Akhmediev, J M. Soto-Crespo, K Bergman, W H. Knox
We observe the formation of polarization-locked vector solitons in a modelocked fiber laser. Temporal vector solitons contain components along both principal
C H. Russell, Andrey Guber, K Kolodziejczak, M Joy, C A. MacDonald, W M. Gibson
High-energy x-ray spectrometry from astronomical sources is difficult due to low flux rates and high background. Polycapillary X-ray optics can be used to
B C. Collings, S T. Cundiff, N N. Akhmediev, J M. Soto-Crespo, K Bergman, W H. Knox
We experimentally observe polarization-locked vector solitons in a passively modelocked fiber laser. The vector soliton pulse is composed of components along
We describe the calculation of hydrogenic (one-loop) Bethe logarithms for all states with principal quantum numbers n 200. While the calculation of the Bethe
Keith R. Lykke, Ping-Shine Shaw, J L. Dehmer, R Gupta
We have made direct measurements of the internal quantum efficiency and the reflectivity of UV-damaged silicon photodiodes in the spectral range of 120 nm to
The use of optical frequencies in measurement science has been proposed and practiced since the very early days of the invention of lasers. Comparison of a
Vortices are robust, particle-like excitations which occur in a variety of fluids. A tell-tale characteristic of superfluids is the existence only of vortices
A formalism is introduced to describe a number of physical processes that may break down the coherence of a matter wave over a characteristic length scale l. In
Leticia Pibida, C A. McMahon, W Nortershauser, B A. Bushaw
The performance of the Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry (RIMS) system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been compared to a
We study a quantum teleportation scheme between two nanomechanical modes without local interaction. The nanomechanical modes are linearly coupled to and
This collection of papers constitutes ath proceedings of the sixth International colloquium on Atomic Spectra and oscillator strengths, encompassing all invited
Branching fractions for neutral holmium have been measured with FT spectrometry. Hyperfine structure patterns have been analyzed using a modified Xgremlin
Ernest G. Kessler Jr., Maynard S. Dewey, R Deslattes, Albert Henins, H G. Borner, M Jentschel, H Lehmann
The extension of accurate crystal diffraction spectroscopy to the 2 to 6 MeV region is described. Gamma-ray standards with a relative uncertainty of (2 to 5)x10
A system designed to apply Fabry-Perot interferometry to the measurement of displacements is described. Two adjacent modes of a Fabry-Perot cavity are probed
We present quantiative calculations of binary collision parameters for mixtures of ultracold gases of 85Rb and 87Rb atoms. The elastic cross section for pure
Mikkel Andersen, Changhyun Ryu, Pierre Clade, Vasant Natarajan, A Vaziri, Kristian Helmerson, William D. Phillips
Light can carry two kinds of angular momentum: Spin angular momentum (SAM) associated with its polarization and orbital angular momentum (OAM) associated with