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New Developments in the NIST Infrared Optical Properties of Materials Program

July 1, 2014
Author(s)
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

Traceability for Millimeter and Submillimeter-Wave Power Measurements

May 21, 2014
Author(s)
Ronald A. Ginley
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

Liquid Piston Prover Uncertainty Analysis Spreadsheet

March 25, 2014
Author(s)
John D. Wright, Aaron N. Johnson, Jodie G. Pope
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

Electro-Thermo-Mechanical Model for Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators

November 30, 2013
Author(s)
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

IMPROVEMENTS TO NIST'S AIR SPEED CALIBRATION SERVICE

September 24, 2013
Author(s)
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

Updated Uncertainty Budgets For NIST Thermocouple Calibrations

September 11, 2013
Author(s)
Christopher W. Meyer, Karen M. Garrity
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

Selected Procedures for Volumetric Calibrations (2013 Ed)

August 19, 2013
Author(s)
Georgia L. Harris
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

CT head-scan dosimetry in an anthropomorphic phantom and associated measurement of ACR accreditation-phantom imaging metrics under clinically representative scan conditions

July 24, 2013
Author(s)
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

Evaluation of dome-input geometry for pyroelectric detectors

June 24, 2013
Author(s)
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

The Effect of Turbulence on a Multi-Hole Pitot Calibration

June 10, 2013
Author(s)
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 fluid’s velocity, and the pitch and yaw angles. When calibrating a commercially-manufactured multi-hole Pitot tube in NIST’s low-turbulence

The Impact of Characteristic Impedance on Waveform Calibrations

June 7, 2013
Author(s)
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

Precision metrology with coherent dual frequency combs

May 12, 2013
Author(s)
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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