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Metrology

Optical/photometry/laser metrology

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Report for Dedicated JPSS VIIRS Ocean Color Calibration/Validation Cruise December 2015

October 30, 2016
Author(s)
Michael Ondrusek, Veronica P. Lance, Eric Stengel, Menghua Wang, Zhongping Lee, Jianwei Wei, Junfang Lin, Chuanmin Hu, Charles Kovach, David English, Jennifer Cannizzaro, Alex Gilerson, Sam Ahmed, Carlos Carrizo, Ahmed El-Habashi, Robert Foster, Matteo Ottaviani, Robert Arnone, Sherwin Ladner, Wesley Goode, Ryan Vandermeulen, Nicholas Tufillaro, Jasmine Nahorniak, Curtiss Davis, Joaquim I. Goes, Kali McKee, Scott Freeman, Joaquin E. Chaves Cedeno, Kenneth Voss, B. Carol Johnson

Scattered Light Analysis of Birefringent Coatings for Distributed Polarization Rotators

October 20, 2016
Author(s)
Katelynn A. Sharma, Thomas Germer, Christopher Smith, Jonathan Zuegel, James B. Oliver, Thomas G. Brown
We characterize scattered light in polarization optics designed to maintain uniform illumination on target during spherical direct drive fusion experiments. An optical scatter instrument is used to measure the scatter distribution in the forward and

Surface plasmon resonance microscopy: achieving a quantitative optical response

September 7, 2016
Author(s)
Alexander Peterson, Michael Halter, Anne Plant, John Elliott
Surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRI) allows real-time label-free imaging based on index of refraction, and changes in index of refraction at an interface. SPRI can be carried out on a microscope by launching light into a sample, and collecting

Broadband Radiometric LED Measurements

September 6, 2016
Author(s)
George P. Eppeldauer, P. Yvonne Barnes, Howard W. Yoon, Leonard Hanssen, Vyacheslav B. Podobedov, Robert E. Vest, Uwe Arp, C Cameron Miller
At present, broadband radiometric measurements of LEDs with uniform and low-uncertainty results are not available. Currently, either spectral radiometric measurements or broadband photometric LED measurements are used. The broadband photometric

Development of a NIST WR10 Radiometer

August 10, 2016
Author(s)
Jack T. Surek, Dazhen Gu, Dave K. Walker
— This paper describes the development of a waveguide radiometer to measure noise from millimeter wave electronic components across the full WR10 band from 75 GHz to 110 GHz. DUT noise temperature is estimated based on comparison with room temperature and

Sub-Femto-g Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results

June 7, 2016
Author(s)
Michele Armano, Heather Audley, Gerard Auger, Jonathon Baird, Massimo Bassan, Pierre Binetruy, Michael Born, Daniele Bortoluzzi, Nico Brandt, Antonella Cavalleri, Andrea Cesarini, Giacomo Ciani, Giuseppe Congedo, Mike Cruise, Karsten Danzmann, Marcus de Deus Silva, Rosario De Rosa, Marc Diaz Aguilo, Luciano Di Fiore, Ingo Diepholz, George Dixon, Rita Dolesi, Luigi Ferraioli, Valerio Ferroni, Walter Fichter, Reinhold Flatscher, Antonio F. Garcia Marin, Cesar Garcia Marirrodriga, Ruediger Gerndt, Ferran Gibert, Domenico Giardini, Roberta Giusteri, Felipe Guzman, Aniello Grado, Catia Grimani, Adrien Grynagier, Jonathan Grzymisch, Ian Harrison, Gerhard Heinzel, Martin Hewitson, Daniel Hollington, David Hoyland, Mauro Hueller, Henri Inchauspe, Oliver Jennrich, Philippe Jetzer, Ulrich Johann, Bengt Johlander, Nico Karnesis, Natalia Korsakova, Christian Killow, Alberto Lobo, Ivan Lloro, Li Liu, Juan P. Lopez Zaragoza, Rolf Maarschalkerweerd, Davor Mance, Victor Martin, Luis Martin Polo, Joseph Martino, Fernando Martin Porqueras, Sean Madden, Ignacio Mateos, Paul McNamara, Jose Mendes, Luis Mendes, Anneke Monsky, Daniele Nicolodi, Miquel Nofrarias, Sarah Paczkowski, Michael Perreur-Lloyd, Antoine Petiteau, Paolo Pivato, Eric Plagnol, Pierre Prat, Ulrike Ragnit, Boutheina Rais, Juan Ramos Castro, Jens Reiche, David I. Robertson, Hans Rozemeijer, Francisco Rivas, Giuliana Russano, Josep Sanjuan, Paolo Sarra, Alexander Schleicher, Diana Shaul, Jacob Slutsky, Carlos Sopuerta, Ruggero Stanga, Frank Steier, Damien Texier, James I. Thorpe, Christian Trenkel, Hai-Bo Tu, Daniele Vetrugno, Stefano Vitale, Vinzenz Wand, Gudrun Wanner, Henry Ward, C Warren, Peter Wass, David Wealthy, William J. Weber, Lennart Wissel, Andreas Wittchen, Andrea Zambotti, Carlo Zanoni, Tobias Ziegler, Peter Zweifel
We report the first results of the LISA Pathfinder in-flight experiment. The results demonstrate that two free-falling reference test masses, such as those needed for a space-based gravitational wave observatory like LISA, can be put in free fall with a

Thermometry with Optomechanical Cavities

June 6, 2016
Author(s)
Thomas P. Purdy, Karen E. Grutter, Kartik Srinivasan, Nikolai Klimov, Zeeshan Ahmed, Jacob Taylor
Thermally-driven motion of a nanomechanical resonator may be employed as an absolute thermometer. We experimentally measure radiation pressure shot noise induced quantum correlations to absolutely calibrate the motional signal transduced onto an optical

Towards Establishing Compact Imaging Spectrometer Standards

March 31, 2016
Author(s)
David Allen, Elmer T. Slonecker, Ronald G. Resmini
Remote sensing science is currently undergoing a tremendous expansion in the area of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) technology. Spurred largely by the explosive growth of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), sometimes called Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or

Multifocus microscopy with precise color multi-phase diffractive optics applied in functional neuronal imaging

March 1, 2016
Author(s)
Sara Abrahamsson, Robert Ilic, Jan Wisniewski, Brian Mehl, Liya Yu, Lei Chen, Marcelo I. Davanco, Laura Oudjedi, Jean Bernard Fiche, Bassam Hajj, Xin Jin, Joan Pulupa, Christine Cho, Mustafa Mir, Mohamed El Beheiry, Xavier Darzacq, Marcelo Nollmann, Maxime Dahan, Carl Wu, Timothee Lionnett, James Alexander Liddle, Cornelia Bargmann
Multifocus microscopy (MFM) allows high-resolution instantaneous three-dimensional (3D) imaging and has been applied to study biological specimens ranging from single molecules inside cell nuclei to entire embryos. In any live microscopy application

An Overview of Spectral Imaging of Human Skin toward Face Recognition

February 13, 2016
Author(s)
David Allen
Spectral imaging is a form of remote sensing that provides a means of collecting information from surroundings without physical contact. Differences in spectral reflectance over the electromagnetic spectrum allow for the detection, classification, or

Experimental demonstration of deep frequency modulation interferometry

January 21, 2016
Author(s)
Katharina-Sofie Isleif, Oliver Gerberding, Thomas Schwarze, Moritz Mehmet, Gerhard Heinzel, Felipe Guzman
Experiments for space and ground-based gravitational wave detectors often require large dynamic range interferometric position readout of test masses with 1 pm/√Hz precision over long time scales. Heterodyne interferometer schemes that achieve such

Morphological origins of polarization-induced scattering anisotropy from organic thin films

January 14, 2016
Author(s)
Eliot Gann, Brian A. Collins, Maolong Tang, John R. Tumbleston, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Harald W. Ade
Anisotropic scattering patterns have been observed from organic thin films that are isotropic on the scale of the probe in polarized resonant X-ray scattering experiments. The symmetry is broken by local correlations between molecular orientation and

Broadband Optical Properties of Graphene by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

December 11, 2015
Author(s)
Wei Li, Nhan Van Nguyen, Guangjun Cheng, Angela R. Hight Walker, David J. Gundlach, Yiran Liang, boyuan Tian, Xuelei Liang, Lian-Mao Peng
The broadband (0.7 eV to 9.0 eV) optical properties of chemical-vapor-deposition (CVD) grown graphene are determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry. The optical absorption follows the fine structure constant in the energy range from 1.0 eV to 2.0 eV, but

Double-integrating-sphere system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in support of measurement standards for the determination of optical properties of tissue-mimicking phantoms

October 27, 2015
Author(s)
Paul Lemaillet, Jeeseong C. Hwang, David W. Allen
There is a need for a common reference point that will allow for the comparison of the optical properties of tissue mimicking phantoms. This paper provides a brief review of the methods that have been used to measure tissue mimicking phantoms. The review

A Single-Pixel Touchless Laser Tracker Probe

October 15, 2015
Author(s)
Josh Gordon, David R. Novotny, Alexandra Curtin
We have developed a laser tracker probe, the Pixel Probe, that does not require physically contacting the object one is measuring and which has 3D spatial resolution of about 25 μm (in x,y,z) in the current configuration. This touchless laser tracker probe

VIIRS/J1 Polarization Narrative

September 15, 2015
Author(s)
Keith R. Lykke, Steven W. Brown, Eugene Waluschka, Joel McCorkel, Jeff McIntire, David Moyer, Brendan McAndrew, James B. Young, Eric Fest, James Butler, Tung R. Wang, Eslim O. Monroy, Kevin Turpie, Gerhard Meister, Kurtis J. Thome
The VIS/NIR bands polarization sensitivity of Joint Polar Satellite Sensor 1 (JPSS1) Visible/Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument was measured using a broadband source. While polarization sensitivity for bands M5-M7, I1, and I2 was less
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