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Journals

Lateral Deformation of Diffusion Couples

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

William J. Boettinger, Geoffrey B. McFadden, Sam R. Coriell, R F. Sekerka, James A. Warren

Linear Stability of Cylindrical Couette Flow in the Convection Regime

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

M E. Ali, Geoffrey B. McFadden

Instability of steady circular Couette flow with radial heating across a vertically oriented annulus with inner cylinder rotating and outer cylinder stationary...

An Efficient Power-Saving Mechanism for Integration of WLAN and WWAN Networks

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

San-Nan K. Lee, S H. Seo, Nada T. Golmie

We have implemented a quantum key distribution (QKD) system with polarization encoding at 850 nm over 1 km of optical fiber. The high-speed management of the...

Stability of Global Entanglement in Thermal States of Spin Chains

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Stephen Bullock, G K. Brennen

The n-qubit concurrence canonical decomposition (CCD) is a generalization of the two-qubit canonical decomposition SU(4)=[SU(2) (x) SU(2)] ? [SU(2) (x) SU(2)]...

Web Services Quality Testing

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jia Zhang, L Zhang

The National Software Reference Library (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and...

Enhanced Quantum State Detection Efficiency Through Quantum Information Processing

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

T Schaetz, M D. Barrett, D. Leibfried, J. Britton, J. Chiaverini, W M. Itano, J. D. Jost, Emanuel Knill, C. Langer, David J. Wineland

The n-qubit concurrence canonical decomposition (CCD) is a generalization of the two-qubit canonical decomposition SU(4)=[SU(2) (x) SU(2)] ? [SU(2) (x) SU(2)]...

Characterization of Normally-off SiC Vertical JFET Devices and Inverter Circuits

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jih-Sheng Lai, H. Yu, J. Zhang, Y. Li, Kuang Sheng, J.H. Zhao, Allen R. Hefner Jr.

A normally-off SiC JFETs has been characterized under static and dynamic operating conditions. Two application oriented inverter circuits were constructed for...

The Fast Fourier Transform for Experimentalists Part III: Classical Spectral Estimates

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

D Donnelly, Bert W. Rust

The discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is a widely used tool for the analysis of measured time series data. The Cooley-Tukey fast Fourier transform (FFT)...

Combinatorial Materials Synthesis and High-Throughput Characterization

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Ichiro Takeuchi, Lauterbach Jochen, Michael J. Fasolka

The pace at which major technological changes take place is often dictated by the rate at which new materials are discovered, and timely arrival of new...

High Speed Fiber-Based Quantum Key Distribution Using Polarization Encoding

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Xiao Tang, Lijun Ma, Alan Mink, Anastase Nakassis, Barry J. Hershman, J Bienfan, Ronald Boisvert, Charles W. Clark, Carl J. Williams

The n-qubit concurrence canonical decomposition (CCD) is a generalization of the two-qubit canonical decomposition SU(4)=[SU(2) (x) SU(2)] ? [SU(2) (x) SU(2)]...

Fracture Strength of Silicon Carbide Microspecimens

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

W N. Sharpe, O Jadaan, G M. Beheim, George D. Quinn, N N. Nemeth

Micro silicon carbide tension specimen were prepared with straight, curved, and notched gage lengths. These were tested to failure and the strengths analyzed by...

Non-Markovian Dynamics in a Dense Potassium Vapor

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Virginia O. Lorenz, Steven T. Cundiff

Transient four wave mixing experiments on a dense potassium vapor with a dephasing time large compared to the collision duration reveal a clear transition from...

Development of B-Doped Si Multiple Δ-Layer Reference Materials for SIMS Profiling

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

K J. Kim, D Moon, P Chi, David S. Simons

B-doped Si multiple delta-layers (MDL) were developed as certified reference materials (CRM) for secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) depth profiling analysis...

Direct Evaluation of Multi-Component Phase Equilibria Using Flat-Histogram Methods

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jeffrey R. Errington, Vincent K. Shen

We present a method for directly locating density-driven phase transitions in multi-component systems. Phase coexistence conditions are determined through...

CPM: A Core Model for Product Data

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Steven J. Fenves, Sebti Foufou, Conrad Bock, Ram D. Sriram

The support of PLM throughout the product life, from the product?s conceptualization to its disposal, requires reliable, complete and efficient data models. The...

Manufacturing Planning and Predictive Process Models Integration Using Software Agents

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng, Keith A. Stouffer, Kevin K. Jurrens

Intelligent agents provide a means to integrate various manufacturing software applications. The agents are typically executed in a computer-based collaborative...

Thin Films of Block Copolymers as Planar Optical Waveguides

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

D H. Kim, K.H. A. Lau, Joseph W. Robertson, O J. Lee, U Jeong, J I. Lee, C J. Hawker, T P. Russell, J K. Kim, W Knoll

Effect of Dissolved Air on the Density and Refractive Index of Water

September 30, 2005

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey, Simon G. Kaplan, John H. Burnett

We consider the effect of dissolved air on the density and the refractive index of liquid water from 0 ¿aC to 50 ¿aC. The density effect is calculated from the...

Davey-Stewartson description of two-dimensional nonlinear excitations in Bose-Einstein condensates

September 30, 2005

Author(s)

G X. Huang, Lu Deng, C Hang

We study nonlinear modulation of collective excitations in disk-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates with a repulsive interatomic interaction. Using a method of...

Nanometer Resolution Metrology with the NIST Molecular Measuring Machine

September 23, 2005

Author(s)

John A. Kramar

Nanometre accuracy and resolution metrology over technically relevant areas is becoming a necessity for the progress of nanomanufacturing. At the National...

Injectable and Rapid-Setting Calcium Phosphate Bone Cement With Dicalcium Phosphate Dihydrate

September 23, 2005

Author(s)

Elena F. Burguera, Hockin D. Xu, Michael Weir

Calcium phosphate cement (CPC) sets in-situ with intimate adaptation to the contours of defect surfaces, and forms an implant having a structure and composition...

Nanoscale elastic-property measurements and mapping using atomic force acoustic microscopy methods

September 23, 2005

Author(s)

Donna C. Hurley, Malgorzata Kopycinska-Mueller, Tony B. Kos, Roy H. Geiss

We describe a dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM) method to measure the nanoscale elastic properties of surfaces, thin films, and nanostructures. Our approach...

Review of SI Traceable Force Metrology for Instrumented Indentation and Atomic Force Microscopy

September 23, 2005

Author(s)

David B. Newell, John A. Kramar, Jon R. Pratt, Douglas T. Smith

This paper reviews the current status of small force metrology for quantitative instrumented indentation and atomic force microscopy (AFM), and in particular...

Ultracold Atoms Confined in an Optical Lattice Plus Parabolic Potential: A Closed-Form Approach

September 22, 2005

Author(s)

G Pupillo, A M. Rey, Charles W. Clark, Carl J. Williams

We discuss interacting and non-interacting one dimensional atomic systems trapped in an optical lattice plus a parabolic potential. We show that, in the tight...

Thermodynamic Control of Germanium Quantum Dot Growth on Silicon

September 20, 2005

Author(s)

Richard J. Wagner, E Gulari

Moisture Diffusion and Temperature History Models for Thin Organic Coatings Exposed to Ambient Air

September 20, 2005

Author(s)

William C. Thomas, Christopher C. White, Mark R. VanLandingham

Baseline models are developed for predicting moisture concentration and temperature in extremely thin polymeric films bonded to impermeable substrate materials...

Entropy Theory of Polymer Glass-Formation Revisited. I. Characteristic Temperatures, Fragility, and Relaxation Times

September 20, 2005

Author(s)

J Dudowicz, Karl Freed, Jack F. Douglas

Considerable physical evidence supports the idea of Gibbs and DiMarzio (GD) that glass-formation arises when the configurational entropy of a liquid becomes...

Atomic vapor cells for chip-scale atomic clocks with improved long-term frequency stability

September 15, 2005

Author(s)

Svenja A. Knappe, Vladislav Gerginov, P Schwindt, V Shah, Leo W. Hollberg, John E. Kitching, Hugh Robinson

A novel technique for microfabricating alkali atom vapor cells is described, in which alkali atoms are evaporated into a micromachined cell cavity through a...

High Field X-Ray Diffraction Studies on Gd₅(Ge_2-xFe_x)Si₂ (x = 0.05 and 0.2)

September 15, 2005

Author(s)

Jim L. Her, Keiichi Koyama, Kazuo Watanabe, Virgil Provenzano, F Fu, Robert D. Shull

We performed the X-ray diffraction measurements in magnetic fields up to 5 T for Gd5(Ge1.95Fe0.05)Si2 and Gd5(Ge1.8Fe0.2)Si2 which are noted recently as related...

Mutual phase-locking of microwave spin torque nano-oscillators

September 15, 2005

Author(s)

Shehzaad F. Kaka, Matthew Pufall, William Rippard, Thomas J. Silva, Stephen E. Russek, Jordan A. Katine

The spin torque effect that occurs in nanometre-scale magnetic multilayer devices can be used to generate steady- state microwave signals in response to a d.c...

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