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We used a magneto-optical Kerr effect microscope to measure 180° magnetization reversal in a high coercivity CoCr10Ta4 thin film subjected to nanosecond field
S P. Alpay, V Nagarajan, Leonid A. Bendersky, Mark D. Vaudin, S Aggarwal, R Ramesh, Alexander L. Roytburd
PbZr 0.2Ti 0.8O 3(PZT) thin films with and without La 0.5Sr 0.5CoO 3(LSCO) electrodes were grown epitaxially on (001) SrTiO 3 (STO) at 650 C by pulsed laser
Y. Shi, S L. Wang, Susan Krueger, Frederick P. Schwarz
To Determine the thermodynamic role of binding of an operon to cAMP receptor protein (CRP) in the activation of transcription, isothermal titration calorimetry
The Wigner-Seitz local atomic cell construction procedure, provides a topological means for comparing series of related structures in terms of the number and
We address two important performance limitations of commonly available spatial light modulations. First we present a method for the determination of modulation
Three-terminal contract resistances of 180 contacts on 15 quantum Hall effect (QHE) devices were measured as a function of current at the center of the I = 4
David B. Newell, Richard L. Steiner, Edwin R. Williams
The last remaining SI base unit defined by an artifact is the kilogram. The NIST watt balance has been designed to measure the ratio of mechanical to electrical
M Shima, L Salamanca-Riba, Thomas P. Moffat, Robert D. McMichael
A series of [Co(x ML)/Cu(17 ML)]100 multilayers were electrodeposited on Si(0 0 1) substrates covered with Cu seed layers. Magnetic hysteresis loops for lms
The mismatch between the coefficients of thermal expansion of the silicon chip and the organic substrate has been mitigated through the practice of using
A simple yet effective theory for the total ionization cross sections of molecules by electron impact is described. The theory, called the Binary Encounter
Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley, J Wen, M Trippenbach, Y B. Band, Paul S. Julienne, J E. Simsarian, Kristian Helmerson, S L. Rolston, William D. Phillips
The advent of the laser as an intense, coherent light source gave birth to nonlinear optics, which now plays an important role in many areas of science and
Edward W. Hagley, Lu Deng, M M. Kozuma, J Wen, Kristian Helmerson, S L. Rolston, William D. Phillips
We demonstrate extraction of sodium atoms from a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) using a coherent stimulated Raman process. Optical Raman pulses drive
When a Ne:HF mixture is subjected to Penning ionization and/or photoionization by neon atoms in their first excited states, between 16.6 eV and 16.85 eV, and
Greg Balchin, Paul M. Amirtharaj, C Silvestre, P E. Thompson
We compare the photoluminescence spectra from a series of Si 1-xGe x/Si (0.1 {1-xGe x/Si MQW samples grown without atomic hydrogen. No quantum confined
Arno R. Laesecke, T Luddecke, R F. Hafer, Dylan Morris
The saturated liquid viscosity of ammonia (NH3) and of the gydrofluorocarbons difluoromethane (Ch 2F 2, R32) and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (CF 3-CH 2F, R134a)
Recent literature reports of transient infrared hole-burning and spectroscopic measurements on water and ice are critically reviewed. Dynamical measurements on
A corresponding states type model has been used to estimate the second and third virial coefficients of the NH 3 + H 2O mixture. Additional mixing parameters
Robert D. Larrabee, Richard M. Silver, M P. Davidson
In the late 1970's Dr. Diana Nyyssonen demonstrated that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could optically calibrate photomask linewidth
The selection a working fluid as a refrigerant for the vapor compression cycle is discussed. For thermodynamic performance to be optimized particular attention
It is often assumed that commercial and institutional buildings are fairly airtight and that envelopee air leakage does not have a significant impact on energy
A velocity Verlet algorithm for velocity dependent forces is described for modeling a suspension of rigid body inclusions. The rigid body motion is determined
An introduction is given to a planned series of short summaries of international standards developed by Technical Committee 201 on Surface ChemicalAnalysis of
An ab initio study of the ground-state conformational geometries of the naphthalene trimer has been made at the MP2/6-31G and MP2/6-31+G//MP2/6-31G levels of
Planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) measurements were made to determine two-dimensional spatial maps of CF 2 density as an indicator of chemical uniformity