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Shigehito Miki, Mikio Fujiwara, Masahide Sasaki, Burm Baek, Aaron Miller, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Zhen Wang
We report on the performance of large area NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs). 20 x 20 υm 2 area SSPDs with 80 and 100 nm linewidths
Kristopher Lavery, Vivek M. Prabhu, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, Kwang-Woo Choi, Sushil K. Satija, M Wormington
Off-specular reflectivity, or diffuse scattering, probes the lateral compositional variations at surfaces and interfaces. Of particular interest is the
James J. Lee, Jae-Young Kwon, Sanjit Bhowmick, Isabel K. Lloyd
Joining a brittle veneer to a strong ceramic core with an adhesive offers benefits over current fabrication methods for all-ceramic crowns. However, such
Kristopher Lavery, Vivek Prabhu, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, Sushil K. Satija, Kwang-Woo Choi, M Wormington
A combination of specular and off-specular neutron reflectometry was used to measure the buried lateral roughness of the reaction-diffusion front in a model
Machine tool chatter has been characterized as isolated periodic solutions or limit cycles of delay differential equations. Determining the amplitude and
Emmanouel S. Hourdakis, J A. Wahl, Neil M. Zimmerman
Single electron transistors (SETs) face several challenges before they can be considered technologically useful devices. One of them is the random, low
Safak Sayan, Deane Chandler-Horowitz, Nhan Van Nguyen, James R. Ehrstein, Mark Croft
Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) using the Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) method was performed in the mid-IR spectral region on ultrathin ZrO2
David J. Vanderah, Marlon L. Walker, Mark A. Rocco, Kenneth A. Rubinson
The self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of the ?-methyl oligo(ethylene oxide) disulfide [S(CH2CH2O)6CH3]2, [S(EO)6]2 {OEO disulfide}, on Au from 95 % ethanol and
Seung Ho Yang, Huan Zhang, Michael Nosonovsky, Koo-Hyun Chung
This paper examines the effects of contact geometry on the pull-off (adhesion) force between a glass sphere (colloidal probe) and a silicon substrate in an
G Pupillo, A M. Rey, Carl J. Williams, Charles W. Clark
We present a model that generalizes the Bose-Fermi mapping for strongly correlated 1D bosons in an optical lattice, to cases in which the average number of
Paul C. DeRose, Melody V. Smith, Klaus Mielenz, Douglas H. Blackburn, Gary W. Kramer
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2941 is a cuvette-shaped, uranyl-ion-doped glass, recommended for use for relative spectral correction of emission and day-to
Leonard M. Hanssen, Sergey Mekhontsev, Jinan Zeng, A Prokhorov
Deviations from ideal blackbody (BB) behavior can be characterized by a BB s effective emissivity. The cavity emissivity is most often obtained through a model
Cluster Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (cluster SIMS) employing an SF5+ polyatomic primary ion sputter source in conjunction with a Bi3+ analysis source was
We discuss the true definitions of specular and diffuse reflection. Many people think that diffuse reflection is Lambertian reflection. Such is not the case
A short review article about quartz wristwatches that presents measurements of their accuracy and stability. Measurements of both the stepping motors and
Howard C. Reader, Dylan Williams, Paul D. Hale, Tracy S. Clement
We characterize a 50 GHz comb generator measured on a sampling oscilloscope. With careful control of the input power, input harmonics and comb generator
This paper presents a method for separating signal (trend) from noise in a set of measured bivariate data when there is no mathematical model for that signal
Jianyong Tang, Ana Jofre, Geoffrey Lowman, Rani Kishore, Joseph E. Reiner, Kristian Helmerson, Lori S. Goldner, M E. Greene
We inertially inject and study the contents of optically trappable aqueous nanodroplets (hydrosomes) emulsified in a perfluorinated matrix. A new piezoelectric
We show the possibility of generating gain-assisted superluminal optical solitons in a room- temperature three-state active Raman gain medium. We demonstrate
Galen O'Neil, Dan Schmidt, Nathan A. Tomlin, Joel Ullom, Kent D. Irwin, Anthony S. Williams, Gerry Arnold, Steve T. Ruggiero
Al lightly doped with Mn is a tunable superconductor, potentially useful in normalmetal/insulator/superconductor refrigerators. The superconducting transition
Time delay control in broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) allows acquisition of time-resolved CARS images free of non-resonant background
Rob Horansky, Joel Ullom, James A. Beall, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Leila R. Vale, Don Dry, Stephen Lamont, Clifford R. Rudy, Michael W. Rabin
We present measurements from a cryogenic microcalorimeter designed to detect alpha particles. The enhanced resolution of microcalorimeter alpha detectors will
Carolyn R. Steffen, Margaret C. Kline, Michael Coble, John M. Butler
An additional 20 novel mini-short tandem repeat (miniSTR) loci have been developed and characterized to aid in the analysis of degraded DNA samples. These new