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Ultraprecise optical-frequency stabilization with heterogeneous III-V/Si lasers

September 15, 2020
Author(s)
Liron Stern, Wei Zhang, Lin Chang, Joel Guo, Chao Xiang, Minh A. Tran, Duanni Huang, Jon Peters, David Kinghorn, John E. Bowers, Scott Papp
Demand for low-noise, continuous-wave, frequency-tunable lasers based on semiconductor integrated photonics has been advancing in support of numerous applications. In particular, an important goal is to achieve narrow spectral linewidth, commensurate with

Calibration of free-space and fiber-coupled single-photon detectors

September 14, 2020
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Alan L. Migdall, Joshua C. Bienfang, John H. Lehman, Sae Woo Nam, Oliver T. Slattery, Jolene D. Splett, Igor Vayshenker, Chih-Ming Wang
We present our measurements of the detection efficiency of free-space and fiber-coupled single- photon detectors at wavelengths near 851 nm and 1533.6 nm. We investigate the spatial uniformity of one free-space-coupled silicon single-photon avalanche diode

Comparison of theoretical and experimental failure distributions for twisted yarns

September 14, 2020
Author(s)
Amy E. Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Amanda L. Forster
Both untwisted and twisted bundles of fibers and wires can be found in a myriad of applications, from ballistic body armor to suspension bridge cables. Predicting the bulk bundle failure distribution based on single fiber or wire tests is of interest as

Digital Radiometer for Traceable Spectrum Sensing

September 14, 2020
Author(s)
Xifeng Lu, Dazhen Gu, Daniel G. Kuester
This paper describes a metrology instrument designed for detecting noise and interference in digital communications. A quadrature detector downconverts in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) channels, which are each digitized at high speed. This architecture

NIST NeXT: a system for truly simultaneous neutron and X-ray tomography

September 14, 2020
Author(s)
Jacob LaManna, Daniel S. Hussey, Victoria H. DiStefano, Eli Baltic, David L. Jacobson
Neutrons and X-rays provide excellent complementary, nondestructive probes to understand internal structure of systems across engineering and material science. With its sensitivity to hydrogen, neutrons excel at separating fluids, such as water or oil

Stress and Strain Heuristics for a Layered Elastomeric Foam at Medium Impact Rates

September 14, 2020
Author(s)
Alexander Landauer, Jared C. Van Blitterswyk, Michael A. Riley, Aaron M. Forster
Impact mitigating materials (IMMs) are used to reduce injury or damage due to a blunt impact, which often occurs at high rates or energies. Innovation in IMMs and designs strategies are required for the development of safer protective equipment. A key

Terahertz Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Cesium Atoms

September 14, 2020
Author(s)
Sumit Bhushan, Oliver T. Slattery, Xiao Tang, Lijun Ma
We outline a proposal to realize Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) with the potential to store Terahertz (THz) optical pulses in Cesium atoms. Such a system, when experimentally realized, has a potential to make Quantum Communication possible

Activities and Lessons Learned from ACI Committee 133 - Disaster Reconnaissance

September 13, 2020
Author(s)
Lucas A. Laughery, Aishwarya Y. Puranam, Christopher Segura, Anahid A. Behrouzi
ACI Committee 133 Disaster Reconnaissance was established with the mission of reporting on the effects of major disasters on reinforced concrete (RC) structures. ACI 133 members monitor natural and manmade disasters worldwide to identify events that affect

Loading Protocols and Backbone Curves: U.S. and Japan Perspectives

September 13, 2020
Author(s)
Bruce F. Maison, Kazuhiko Kasai, Matthew Speicher
With the gaining popularity of performance-based engineering, it is essential to have reliable estimates of component (e.g., steel beam or column) performance under actual earthquake loading demands. In the United States, a component backbone curve

Seismic Stability Assessment of Steel Moment Frames and Implications for Design

September 13, 2020
Author(s)
Larry Fahnestock, Shitao Shi, Matthew Speicher
Although it is clear that a building must be capable of carrying gravity loads while developing large inelastic deformations and associated lateral displacements during a large earthquake, achieving this performance objective in day-to-day practice still

Standard Connections for IIoT Empowered Smart Manufacturing

September 12, 2020
Author(s)
Yan Lu, Paul W. Witherell, Albert W. Jones
The use of Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT) and related technology promises to transform manufacturing to the fourth Industry revolution era essentialized by "ubiquitous connectivity." IIoT allows new and unprecedented interactions amongst hardware

A Reference High-Pressure CH4 Adsorption Isotherm for Zeolite Y: Results of an Interlaboratory Study

September 11, 2020
Author(s)
Huong Giang T. Nguyen, Christopher M. Sims, Blaza Toman, Jarod C. Horn, Roger D. van Zee, Mathias Thommes, Riaz Ahmad, Joeri F. Denayer, Gino V. Baron, Emilio Napolitano, Marek Bielewski, Enzo Mangano, Stefano Brandani, Broom Darren, M.J. Benham, Anne Dailly, Frieder Dreisbach, Satyannarayana Edubilli, Sasidhar Gumma, Jens Mollmer, Marcus Lange, Mi Tian, Tim Mays, T. Shigeoka, S. Yamakita, M. Hakuman, Y. Nakada, K. Nakai, Junyoung Hwang, Ronny Pini, Huan Jiang, Armin Ebner, Marjorie Nicholson, James Ritter, Judit Farrando Perez, Carlos Cuadrado, Joaquin Silvestre Albero, Christos Tampaxis, Theodore Steriotis, Daniela Rimnacova, Martina Svabova, Maryna Vorokhta, Hai Wang, Eric Bovens, Nicolas Heymans, Guy de Weireld
This paper reports the results of an international interlaboratory study led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the measurement of high-pressure surface excess methane adsorption isotherms on NIST Reference Material RM 8850

Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction Reference Patterns, and Band Gap Studies for (BaxSr1-x)2CoWO6 (x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9)

September 11, 2020
Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Guangyao Liu, Yuqi Yang, Rola M. Derbeshi, Donald A. Windover, James A. Kaduk
X-ray reference powder patterns and structures have been determined for a series of cobalt- and tungsten-containing cubic alkaline-earth perovskites, (BaxSr1-x)2CoWO6 (x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9). The structure of the end members of the series

High-density polyethylene - an inert additive with stabilizing effects on organic field-effect transistors

September 11, 2020
Author(s)
Alberto Scaccabarozzi, James Basham, Liyang Yu, Paul Westcott, Weimin Zhang, Aram Amassian, Iain McCulloch, Mario Caironi, David J. Gundlach, Natalie Stingelin
Organic electronics technologies have attracted considerable interest over the last decades and have become promising alternatives to conventional, inorganic platforms for specific applications. To fully exploit the touted potential of plastic electronics

Vulnerability Trends in Web Servers and Browsers

September 11, 2020
Author(s)
M S Raunak, D. Richard Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker, Richard Kogut
In previous work we have looked at trends in vulnerabilities due to ordinary programming errors [2, 3]. This analysis focuses on two of the most widely used types of software in today's internet, web browsers and web servers. In addition to reports of

A Cryogenic Quantum-Based RF Source

September 10, 2020
Author(s)
Justus A. Brevik, Alirio De Jesus Soares Boaventura, Manuel C. Castellanos Beltran, Christine A. Donnelly, Nathan E. Flowers-Jacobs, Anna E. Fox, Peter F. Hopkins, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Dylan Williams, Samuel P. Benz
We performed a preliminary calibrated measurement of the output power of a Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer up to 1 GHz. We present the results and measurement procedure for generating quantum-based signals using an array of Josephson junctions
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