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Journals

Improving Kinematic Touch Trigger Probe Performance

Author(s)
Steven D. Phillips, William T. Estler
Kinematic touch trigger probes are widely used on CMMs. This article gives CMM users advice on how to minimize the systematic errors associated with this class...

Forward

Author(s)
Norman B. Belecki
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the 1998 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM'98) in the Washington...

Guest Editorial

Author(s)
Barry A. Bell
The National Institute of Standards and Technology hosted the 1998 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM >98) in the Washington Renaissance...

Polycapillary X-Ray Optic Spectral Gain and Transmission

Author(s)
J E. Gormley, Eric B. Steel, Q Xiao, Terrence J. Jach
Polycapillary x-ray optics are gaining increased attention as their transmission characteristics and manufacturing difficulties are better understood. This...

Programmable 1 V DC Voltage Standard

Author(s)
Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel Benz, Clark A. Hamilton, Todd E. Harvey
We have developed a Josephson voltage standard that produces intrinsically stable voltages that are programmable of 32 768 SNS (superconductor-normal...

Pendular States of Highly Vibrationally Excited Molecules

Author(s)
J Ortigoso, Gerald T. Fraser, Brooks H. Pate
The behavior of coherent field-induced hybrids of field-free rotor states (pendular states) is studied in energy regions where intramolecular vibrational energy...

An Enriched 40K Source for Fermionic Atom Studies

Author(s)
B. L. DeMarco, H Rohner, Deborah S. Jin
We have developed a novel, enriched potassium source for use in trapping and cooling of the fermionic isotope 40K. The source is clean, easily controllable, and...

Frequency Comparison of 127I2-Stabilized Nd: YAG Laser

Author(s)
F L. Hong, K Ishikawa, J Yoda, J Ye, L -. Ma, John L. Hall
A first international comparison of I 2-stabilized Nd: YAG lasers has been made between the National Research Laboratory of Metrology (NRLM), Tsukuba, Japan...

Do We Need a Roadmap?

Author(s)
Herbert S. Bennett, Joseph G. Pellegrino, D. L. Rode, Thomas J. Shaffner, David G. Seiler

Fabrication of High-Value Standard Resistors

Author(s)
Ronald F. Dziuba, Dean G. Jarrett, L. L. Scott, Andrew J. Secula
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has fabricated stable, transportable 10 MΩ} and 1 GΩ} standard resistors for use in an international...

Calibration of Dissipation Factor Standards

Author(s)
Eric D. Simmon, Gerald FitzPatrick, O. Petersons
Working standards for dissipation factor (D) standards obtained by connecting a shielded three-terminal capacitor in series with a shielded precision resistor...

Extension of Voltage Range for Power and Energy Calibrations

Author(s)
O. Petersons, Thomas L. Nelson, Nile M. Oldham, Gerald FitzPatrick
A special purpose ac voltage divider system with ratios of 600, 480, 360, 277, and 240 V to 120 V has been developed to extend the range of primary electric...
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