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Characterization of frequency noise on a broadband infrared frequency comb using optical heterodyne techniques

December 12, 2007

Author(s)

K. Kim, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, M. Yan, J. C. Knight, Nathan R. Newbury, Scott Diddams

We measure the frequency noise across a Cr:forsterite infrared frequency comb through the optical heterodyne beat of different comb teeth against stable...

Direct measurement of the spatial extent of the in situ developed latent image by neutron reflectivity

December 11, 2007

Author(s)

Vivek M. Prabhu, B D. Vogt, Shuhui Kang, Eric K. Lin, Sushil K. Satija

The spatial distribution of polymer photoresist and deuterium labeled base developer highlights a fraction of the line edge that swells but does not dissolve...

Improved Method for Calibrating a Stokes Polarimeter

December 10, 2007

Author(s)

Bruno Boulbry, J C. Ramella-Roman, Thomas A. Germer

We present a method for calibrating polarimeters that uses a set of well-characterized reference polarizations and makes no assumptions about the optics...

Uniaxial Crushing of Sandwich Plates Under Air Blast: Influence of Mass Distribution

December 8, 2007

Author(s)

Joseph A. Main, George A. Gazonas

Motivated by recent efforts to mitigate blast loading using energy-absorbing materials, this paper investigates the uniaxial crushing of cellular sandwich...

In Situ Stress Measurements During the Electrochemical Adsorption/Desorption of Self-Assembled Monolayers.

December 8, 2007

Author(s)

Christopher D. Zangmeister, Ugo Bertocci, Carlos R. Beauchamp, Gery R. Stafford

Uncertainty in the nose-to-nose sampler calibration method due to assertion that the generator and receiver functions are identical

December 7, 2007

Author(s)

Nicholas Paulter, Donald R. Larson

The nose-to-nose (ntn) sampler calibration method can only be used for particular sampler structures and, for these structures, provides a technique for...

Fabrication and Characterization of Patterned Single-Crystal Silicon Nanolines

December 7, 2007

Author(s)

Bin Li, Min K. Kang, Kuan Lu, Rui Huang, Paul S. Ho, Richard A. Allen, Michael W. Cresswell

This letter demonstrates a method to fabricate single-crystal Si nanolines, with a rectangular cross section and atomically flat sidewalls. The high quality of...

New Resources for the Forensic Genetics Community Available on the NIST STRBase Website

December 7, 2007

Author(s)

John M. Butler

Epitope Selection of Monoclonal Antibodies for Interleukin-4 Quantification Using Suspension Arrays and Forward-Phase Protein Microarrays

December 6, 2007

Author(s)

Lili Wang, Kenneth D. Cole, Hua-Jun He, Alexander W. Peterson, Adolfas K. Gaigalas, Y Zong

A recombinant mouse interleukin-4 (IL-4) and three different purified rat anti-mouse IL-4 monoclonal antibodies (Mab) with different epitopes were employed as a...

Experimental Demonstration of an Active Quantum Key Distribution Network with Over Gbps Clock Synchronization

December 4, 2007

Author(s)

Lijun Ma, Alan Mink, Hai Xu, Oliver T. Slattery, Xiao Tang

We demonstrate a three-node QKD network that allows multiple users to share secure keys. This QKD network operates on the 850 nm and 1550 nm wavelengths at 1.25...

Characterization of Spatial Heterogenieties in Detector Grade CdZnTe

December 4, 2007

Author(s)

Martine Duff, Douglas Hunter, Arnold Burger, Michael Groza, V Buliga, J Bradley, G Graham, Z Dai, N Teslich, David R. Black, H E. Burdette, A Lanzirotti

Synthetic Cd1-xZnxTe or CZT crystals are highly suitable for the room temperature-based spectroscopy of gamma radiation. Structural/morphological...

Characterization of Earth-Observing Satellite Instruments for Response to Spectrally and Spatially Variable Scenes

December 3, 2007

Author(s)

Steven W. Brown, Bonnie Myers, R Barnes, Joseph P. Rice

In this work, we present a radiometric platform for the development of application-specific metrics to quantify the performance of sensors and systems viewing...

Assessment of measurement uncertainty via observation equations

December 3, 2007

Author(s)

Antonio M. Possolo, Blaza Toman

According to the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement, measurement uncertainty is assessed by computational propagation of error based on a...

High-geometrical-resolution imaging of dislocations in SiC using monochromatic synchrotron topography

December 3, 2007

Author(s)

X R. Huang, David R. Black, A T. Macrander, J Maj, Yi Chen, M Dudley

Smart Cards for Mobile Devices

December 3, 2007

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Serban I. Gavrila, Clement Seveillac

While mobile handheld devices provide productivity benefits, they also pose new risks. User authentication is the best safeguard against the risk of...

Performance of a Cryocooled Nb DC Programmable Voltage Standard at 4 K

December 3, 2007

Author(s)

Robert J. Webber, Charles J. Burroughs, Masoud Radparvar

We report on the performance of a 1 Volt DC programmable Josephson voltage standard (PJVS) operating on a commercially available Gifford-McMahon (G-M)...

Thermal-Elastic Response of Polycrystalline Microstructures: Influence of Grain Orientation Configuration

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Edwin R. Fuller, D M. Saylor, T Weiss

Do Plastic Zones Form at Crack Tips in Silicate Glasses

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Jose Lopez-Cepero, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, Theo Fett, J P. Guin

Diameter-Dependent Radial and Tangential Elastic Moduli of ZnO Nanowires

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Gheorghe Stan, C V. Ciobanu, Prahalad M. Parthangal, Robert F. Cook

Foam-based optical absorber for high-power laser radiometry

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Krishna Ramadurai, Christopher L. Cromer, Xiaoyu X. Li, Roop Mahajan, John H. Lehman

We report damage threshold measurement results for novel absorbers comprised of either liquid-cooled silicon carbide or vitreous carbon foams. The measurements...

NIST Primary Frequency Standards and the Realization of the SI Second

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Michael A. Lombardi, Thomas P. Heavner, Steven R. Jefferts

As the base unit of time interval, the second holds a place of preeminence in the world of metrology. Time interval, and its reciprocal, frequency, can be...

Monoclonal Antibody Selection for Interleukin-4 Quantification Using Suspension Arrays and Forward-Phase Protein Microarrays

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Lili Wang, Kenneth D. Cole, Alexander W. Peterson, Hua-Jun He, Adolfas K. Gaigalas

A Liquid-Scintillation-based Primary Standardization of 210Pb

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

L Laureano-p{eacute}rez, R Coll{eacute}, Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Iisa Outola, Leticia Pibida

A Mycobacterium tuberculosis-derived Lipid Inhibits Membrane Fusion by Modulating Lipid Membrane Domains

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

E Hayakawa, F Tokumasu, G Nardone , A J. Jin, Vincent A. Hackley, J A. Dvorak

Multilayers for Next Generation X-Ray Sources

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Sasa Bajt, H N. Chapman, E Spiller, S Hau-Riege, J Alameda, A J. Nelson, C C. Walton, B Kjornrattanawanich, Andrew Aquila, Charles Tarrio, Steven Grantham

Multilayers are artificially layered structures that can be used to create optics and optical elements for a broad range of x-ray wavelengths, or can be...

Effects of tissue outside of arterial blood vessels in pulse oximetry: a model of two-dimensional pulsation

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Shao Yang, Paul B. Batchelder, Dena M. Raley

We describe a new model of pulse oximetry that addresses the disagreement between theoretical calibration curves based on Beer-Lambert's Law and test results...

Evaluation of a Capacitance Scaling System

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, Andrew D. Koffman, Bryan C. Waltrip, Yicheng Wang

A capacitance scaling system from 10 nF to 100 mF [1], [2] has been implemented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Standard four...

Design and Spectroscopic Reflectometry Characterization of Pulsed Laser Deposition Combinatorial Libraries

November 30, 2007

Author(s)

Peter K. Schenck, Nabil Bassim, Makoto Otani, Hiroyuki Oguchi, Martin L. Green

Development of High-throughput Thermoelectric Screening Tool for Combinatorial Thin Libraries

November 30, 2007

Author(s)

Makoto Otani, K Itaka, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, H Koinuma, Martin L. Green

Accurate Determination of Electric-Dipole Matrix Elements in K and Rb From Stark Shift Measurements

November 30, 2007

Author(s)

B Arora, M S. Safronova, Charles W. Clark

Stark shifts of potassium and rubidium D1 lines have been measured with high precision by Miller et al [1]. In this work, we combine these measurements with our...

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