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Passively mode-locked 10 GHz femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser

August 15, 2008
Author(s)
A Bartels, Dirk Heinecke, Scott Diddams
We report a mode-locked Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser emitting pulses as short as 42 fs at 10 GHz repetition rate. When operated with a spectrally-integrated average power greater than 1 W, the associated femtosecond laser frequency comb (FLFC) contains

Piezoelectric Response of Nanoscale PbTiO3 in Composite PbTiO3-CoFe2O4 Epitaxial Films

August 15, 2008
Author(s)
Igor Levin, Tan Zhuopeng, Alexander Roytburd, Katyayani Seal, Brian Rodriguez, Stephen Jesse, Sergei Kalinin, Art Baddorf
Piezoelectric properties of PbTiO3 in 1/3PbTiO3-2/3CoFe2O4 transverse epitaxial nanostructures on differently oriented SrTiO3 were analyzed using conventional and switching-spectroscopy piezoelectric force microscopy. The results confirmed that the

Angle-dependent infrared reflectance measurements in support of VIIRS

August 14, 2008
Author(s)
Simon G. Kaplan, Leonard M. Hanssen, Enrique J. Iglesias
We have developed a goniometric reflectometer using a Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer source for polarized reflectance measurements from 1 um to 20 um wavelength at angles of incidence from 10° to 80°, with an incident beam geometry of

Ligand Exchange Reactions in the Formation of Diphosphine-Protected Gold Clusters

August 14, 2008
Author(s)
Denis E. Bergeron, Orkid Coskuner, Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Carlos A. Gonzalez
Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry is employed to study the formation of L3- and L5-protected gold clusters (L3 = 1,3-Bis(diphenylphosphino)propane; L5 = 1,5-Bis(diphenylphosphino)pentane), and it is found that molecular complexes in which Au+ is

Measuring the Phase Transfer Function of a Phase-Shifting Interferometer

August 13, 2008
Author(s)
JiYoung Chu, Quandou (. Wang, John P. Lehan, Ulf Griesmann, Guangjun Gao
In characterizing the performance of a phase-shifting interferometer, the dependence of the measured height on the spatial frequency is rarely considered. We describe a test mirror with a special height relief that can be used to measure the height

A reversible structural transition in MIL-53 with large temperature hysteresis

August 12, 2008
Author(s)
Yun Liu, Jae-Hyuk Her, Anne Dailly, A. Ramirez-Cuesta, Dan A. Neumann, Craig Brown
The metal-organic framework, MIL-53, can have a structural transition from an open-pored to a closed-pored structure by adsorbing different guest molecules. The aid of guest molecules is believed to be necessary to initiate this "breathing" effect. Using

Improved multiplexed Infrared Single Photon Detectors

August 11, 2008
Author(s)
Sergey V. Polyakov, Alan L. Migdall, V Schettini, Ivo P. Degiovanni, Giorgio Brida, F Piacentini
We discuss a scheme for a photon-counting detection system that overcomes the difficulties of photon-counting at high rates at telecom wavelengths. Our method uses an array of N detectors and a 1-by-N optical switch with a control circuit to direct input

Sampling Adapter for Distillation

August 11, 2008
Author(s)
Thomas J. Bruno
This is a drawing and caption of sampling adapter for distillation. ***** FOR POLICY REVIEW ONLY *****

An Integrated Control and Simulation Environment for Mobile Robot Software Development

August 7, 2008
Author(s)
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Frederick M. Proctor, Christopher J. Scrapper Jr, Thomas Kramer
In order to expedite the research and development of robotic systems and foster development of novel robot configuration, is it essential to develop tools and standards that allow researchers to rapidly develop, communicate, and compare experimental

Power Conditioning System Technologies for High-Megawatt Fuel Cell Plants

August 7, 2008
Author(s)
Allen R. Hefner Jr.
High-megawatt Power Conditioning Systems (PCSs) are required to convert the low-voltage produced by fuel cell modules in central station scale plants to the very much higher voltage levels required for delivery to the grid. As part of a NIST/DOE

Reducing Thermal and Autogenous Shrinkage Contributions to Early-Age Cracking

August 7, 2008
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Max A. Peltz
Early-age cracking continues to be a significant problem for new concrete construction. Two of the major contributors to such cracking are the heat released by cement hydration during the first few days of curing and the autogenous shrinkage that often

Why the long-term charge offset drift in Si single-electron tunneling transistors is much smaller (better) than in metal-based ones: Two-level fluctuator stability

August 7, 2008
Author(s)
Neil M. Zimmerman, W H. Huber, Brian J. Simonds, Emmanouel S. Hourdakis, Fujiwara Fujiwara, Yukinori Ono, Yasuo Takahashi, Hiroshi Inokawa, Miha Furlan, Mark W. Keller
A common observation in metal-based (specifically, those with AlOx tunnel junctions) single- electron tunneling (SET) devices is a time-dependent instability known as the long-term charge offset drift. This drift is not seen in Si-based devices. Our aim is

Capillary flow meter for calibrating spinning rotor gauges

August 6, 2008
Author(s)
Robert F. Berg
This article describes a capillary flow meter whose maximum flow rate of 0.2 micromol/s (~0.2 cm3/min at ambient conditions) covers the range that is useful for calibrating spinning rotor gauges. Knowing the input pressure, output pressure, and temperature

Cellulose Nanocrystals the Next Big Nano-thing?

August 6, 2008
Author(s)
Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, John A. Dagata, Natalia Farkas, Bin Ming, Ronald Sabo, Theodore H. Wegner
Biomass surrounds us from the smallest alga to the largest redwood tree. Even the largest trees owe their strength to a newly-appreciated class of nanomaterials known as cellulose nanocrystals (CNC). Cellulose, the world s most abundant natural, renewable
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