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John D. Wright, Casey Rombouts, Bair Michael, Jean Barbe, Rainer Kramer, Zdenek Krajicek
We describe an international comparison of gas flow standards spanning the range 2.1 x 10-4 g/s (10 sccm) of nitrogen to 0.21 g/s (10 slm) of nitrogen. For all the participating laboratories, |En|
Ronaldo Minniti, G. Massillon, Christopher G. Soares
Thermoluminescent (TL) dosimeters, particularly LiF:Mg,Ti (commercially known as TLD-100), are widely used to estimate the absorbed dose received by patients during diagnostic and/or treatment processes and for convenience, measurements are usually made in
Leonard M. Hanssen, Sergey Mekhontsev, Jinan Zeng, John H. Burnett
The Infrared Optical Properties of Materials program in the Sensor Science Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) continues to upgrade its capabilities to provide comprehensive coverage of measurable infrared optical
Raju V. Datla , Michael Weinreb, Joseph P. Rice, B. Carol Johnson, Eric L. Shirley, Changyong Cao
This paper traces the cooperative effort of the scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for improving the calibration of operational satellite sensors for remote
Compressed-liquid densities of 3-ethoxy-1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-dodecafluoro-2-trifluoromethyl-hexane (C9F15H5O) have been measured with a vibrating U-tube densimeter. To closely examine the repeatability of the measurements as well as the thermal
The need for traceable power measurements above 110 GHz is well established for use in communications, spectral line investigation, molecular particle signature identification, material property characterization and others. There have been incremental
This publication is a spreadsheet that calculates the mass and volume flow uncertainty for a piston prover liquid flow standard based on user inputs of component uncertainties. The calculations use the basis equation and uncertainty analysis presented in
Laura C. Sinclair, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, William C. Swann, Esther Baumann, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury
The time of flight for a laser beam through the atmosphere will fluctuate as the path-averaged index of refraction varies with atmospheric turbulence, air temperature, and pressure. We measure these fluctuations by transmitting optical pulses from a
This report describes a bi-lateral key-comparison between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) for absolute pressure in the range of 3×10-6 Pa to 9×10-4 Pa. This comparison was a follower
Douglas A. Olson, Thomas R. Hettenhouser, Robert G. Driver
The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) has initiated a proficiency testing program for calibration laboratories accredited for pressure, designated as NVLAP code 20/T05. This program involves measurements by the laboratory on NVLAP
Eduard Rocas, Juan C. Collado Gomez, Jordi Mateu, Nathan D. Orloff, James C. Booth, Robert Aigner
We present the electro-thermo-mechanical constitutive relations, expanded up to the third order, for a BAW resonator. The relations obtained are implemented into a circuit model, which is validated with extensive linear and nonlinear measurements. The
As reported at ICRM 2011, it was discovered that the source holder used for calibrations in the NIST 4π ionization chamber (IC) was not stable. This has affected a large number of half-life measurement results previously reported and used in compilations
Iosif I. Shinder, Christopher J. Crowley, Bernard J. Filla, Michael R. Moldover
We discuss five significant improvements to the Air Speed Calibration Service conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): 1. Reduced-uncertainty calibrations of the secondary standard [Laser Doppler Anemometer, (LDA)] using a
We have recently updated the uncertainty budgets for calibrations in the NIST Thermocouple Calibration Laboratory. The purpose for the updates has been to 1) revise the estimated values of the relevant uncertainty elements to reflect the current
This publication contains Good Measurement Procedures (GMP), Good Laboratory Procedures (GLP), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for use in calibration laboratories performing volumetric calibrations. This edition is updated from the 2012 version
Brian E. Zimmerman, Leticia S. Pibida, Lynne E. King, Denis E. Bergeron, Jeffrey T. Cessna, Matthew M. Mille
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has organized an international comparison to assess Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) image quantification capabilities in 12 countries. Iodine-131 was chosen as the radionuclide for the
Ronaldo Minniti, Claudia Brunner, Stanley H. Stern, Marie I. Parry, Kish Chakrabarti
The purpose of this work was to measure radiation absorbed dose and its distribution in an anthropomorphic head phantom under clinically representative scan conditions in three widely-used computed tomography (CT) scanners, and to relate those dose values
A method is introduced to determine the gradient between measured physical temperature and true radiating surface temperature of a passive microwave calibration target (load or blackbody). An empirical cooling curve fitting is employed to determine heat
Jinan Zeng, Leonard M. Hanssen, George P. Eppeldauer
Dome-input pyroelectric radiometers with different black coatings were developed to extend the spectral responsivity scale from near infrared (NIR) to 20 μm. The reflective dome with shiny gold-coating has been known to be an efficient light trap to
This paper constructs a closed-form solution to the robot-world/hand-eye calibration paper using the Kronecker product. In other words, it constructs the optimal X and Y to solve AX = YB. Additionally, this paper provides errors metrics that will measure
Christopher J. Crowley, Iosif I. Shinder, Michael R. Moldover
Abstract- Accurate calibrations of multi-hole Pitot tubes require thousands of measurements spanning ranges of the fluids velocity, and the pitch and yaw angles. When calibrating a commercially-manufactured multi-hole Pitot tube in NISTs low-turbulence
Dylan F. Williams, Jeffrey A. Jargon, Paul D. Hale
We examine the impact of the characteristic impedance on mismatch corrections for temporal waveform calibrations based on high-speed electro-optic sampling measurements. We show that failing to measure and account for the characteristic impedance of
We present an error model associated with calibration-target misalignment in microwae remote sensing systems. The developed analytic formulation is universally applicable to both lateral and rotational misalignment conditions. Simultations are performed on
Nathan R. Newbury, Esther Baumann, Ian R. Coddington, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Greg B. Rieker, Laura C. Sinclair, William C. Swann, Alexander M. Zolot
Frequency combs have enabled a wide range of applications because of their unique combination of coherence and broad bandwidth. The comb provides 100,000's of comb teeth at precise, well-known optical frequencies that can support broadband accurate
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