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This article describes activity modeling as specified by the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) and the finalization of the Unified Modeling Language version 2...
Robert Hadfield, Aaron J. Miller, Sae Woo Nam, Erich N. Grossman, Robert E. Schwall,
We report on the fabrication and testing of antenna-coupled niobium bolometers for 10-micron wavelength radiation detection. We use 20 nm thick Nb films on...
Nicolas Hadacek, Paul Dresselhaus, Yonuk Chong, Samuel Benz, John E. Bonevich
We have made tall, uniform stacked Josephson junction arrays by developing an etch process using an inductively coupled plasma etcher. This process produces...
This paper presents a new method to determine both the magnitude and the sign of the surface stresses that develop as a consequence of sodium/hydrogen ion...
Feng Dong, D Uy, S Davis, Mark Child, David Nesbitt
Jet-cooled high-resolution infrared spectra of partially deuterated hydronium (HD 2O+) in the O-H stretch region (v 3 band) are obtained for the first time...
G K. Brennen, G Pupillo, A M. Rey, Charles W. Clark, Carl J. Williams
The Mott insulator state created by loading an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) into an optical lattice may be used as a means to prepare a register of...
A description is given of a new NIST database for quantitative Auger-electron and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AES/XPS): Simulation of Electron Spectra for...
Adriana Lita, Danna Rosenberg, Sae Woo Nam, Aaron J. Miller, Davor Balzar, L. M. Kaatz, R. E. Schwall
Tungsten thin films can form in one of two crystal structures: alpha (bcc), with a superconducting transition temperature (T c) of 15 mK, and beta (A15), with a...
Danna Rosenberg, Adriana Lita, Aaron J. Miller, Sae Woo Nam, Robert E. Schwall
Many quantum-information applications require high-efficiency, low-noise, single-photon-sensitive detectors that operate at visible and near-infrared...
Y Kim, William V. Payne, John Choi, Piotr A. Domanski
Experimental data were taken to examine R-410A mass flow rate characteristics through short tube restrictors at upstream pressures approaching the critical...
Donna C. Hurley, M Kopycinski-Muller, Anthony B. Kos, R.H. Geiss
We describe a dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM) method for measuring the elastic properties of surfaces, thin films and nanostructures at the nanoscale. Our...
Najib Cheggour, John (Jack) W. Ekin, C. L. H. Thieme
The critical-current density J c of an yttrium-barium- copper-oxide (YBCO) coated conductor deposited on a biaxially-textured Ni-5at.%W substrate was measured...
Nicolai N. Martovetsky, Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov, Rainer Wesche, Chen-yu Gung, J V. Minervini, M Takayasu, Loren F. Goodrich, John (Jack) W. Ekin, Arend Nijhuis
Recent International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Model Coils and tests on Nb 3Sn Cable in Conduit Conductors (CICC) showed a significant and...
We made variable-temperature critical-current (I c) measurements on a commercial multifilamentary Nb 3Sn wire for temperatures (T) from 4 to 17 K and magnetic...
Loren F. Goodrich, Theodore C. Stauffer, Jolene Splett, Dominic F. Vecchia
We report on unexpected field-angle dependence of the magnetoresistance measurements of commercial, high-purity Nb discovered during our study of residual...
John (Jack) W. Ekin, Najib Cheggour, Mike Abrecht, Cameron C. Clickner, Michael Field, Seungok Hong, Jeffrey Parrell, Y. Zhang
Multifilamentary Nb 3Sn superconducting strands fabricated with high niobium fractions have exceptionally high critical-current densities but are sometimes...
Yonuk Chong, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul Dresselhaus, Nicolas Hadacek, Hirotake Yamamori, Samuel Benz
We have developed vertically stacked superconductor-normal metal- superconductor Josephson junction technology for the next generation quantum voltage standards...
Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus, Yonuk Chong, Hirotake Yamamori
We have developed a method of bonding superconductive integrated-circuit chips to interchangeable, microwave-compatible, flexible cryo-packages. This new 'flip...
Superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SNS) Josephson junctions have proven to be a critical technology for voltage standards. NIST has used SNS junctions...
The National Software Reference Library (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and...
Donna C. Hurley, Roy H. Geiss, N Jennett, Malgorzata Kopycinska-Mueller, A Maxwell, Jens Mueller, David T. Read, J Wright
We describe two acoustical methods to evaluate the mechanical properties of thin films and nanoscale structures: atomic force acoustic microscopy and surface...
A review of the 3rd workshop on comparison of computer codes for modeling population kinetics in non-LTE plasmas is presented. We discuss the motivation for and...
Active vibration isolation is gaining increased attention in the ultra high precision applications to effectively treat the unavoidable ground vibration. The...
Samuel L. Manzello, Seul-Hyun Park, Dale P. Bentz, Tensei Mizukami
The thermal conductivity, specific heat, mass loss, and linear contraction for gypsum board types widely used in the USA and Japan were measured both at room...
Voice over IP - the transmission of voice over traditional packet-switched IP networks - is one of the hottest trends in telecommunications. As with any new...
John J. McFerran, Eugene N. Ivanov, A Bartels, G Wilpers, Christopher W. Oates, Scott A. Diddams, Leo W. Hollberg
We demonstrate the low noise synthesis of a harmonic comb of microwave frequencies using a femtosecond laser based synthesiser that is referenced to a cabity...