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Thermal Decoherence and Laser Cooling of Kerr-microresonator Solitons

June 22, 2020
Author(s)
Tara E. Drake, Jordan Stone, Travis Briles, Scott Papp
Thermal noise is ubiquitous in microscopic systems and high-precision measurements. The control of thermal noise would reveal quantum regimes1 and enable fundamental physics searches2 . Recently, nonlinearity in microresonators has enabled laser devices

Jitter Sensitivity Analysis of the Superconducting Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

November 4, 2018
Author(s)
Christine A. Donnelly, Justus Brevik, Paul Dresselhaus, Pete Hopkins, Samuel P. Benz
We present the first jitter sensitivity analysis of a superconducting voltage reference waveform synthesizer with fundamentally accurate output pulses. Successful deployment of a reference waveform source at microwave frequencies will represent a new

THE COMPELLING CASE FOR INDENTATION AS A FUNCTIONAL EXPLORATORY AND CHARACTERIZATION TOOL

September 15, 2015
Author(s)
Robert F. Cook, David B. Marshall, Nitin P. Padture, Michelle L. Oyen, Antonia Pajares, Jodie E. Bradby, Ivar E. Reimanis, Rajan Tandon, Trevor F. Page, George M. Pharr, Brian R. Lawn
The utility of indentation testing for characterizing a wide range of mechanical properties of brittle materials is highlighted in light of recent articles questioning its validity, specifically in relation to the measurement of toughness. Contrary to

Size tolerancing revisited: A basic notion and its evolution in standards

May 13, 2013
Author(s)
Vijay Srinivasan, Edward Morse
Size is a fundamental descriptor of objects - it allows us to quantify 'how big' objects are, and to compare and classify objects based on this notion. In the world of ISO GPS (Geometrical Product Specification and Verification), size is defined much more

What Metrology Gains With Quantized Resistance Standards

December 1, 2000
Author(s)
Randolph E. Elmquist
The emergence of quantum metrology is expressed in modern electrical standards, primarily through the Josephson effect and the quantum Hall effect. The Josephson and von Klitzing constants that relate to these standards are given in quantum theory by ideal

Microform Calibration Uncertainties of Rockwell Diamond Indenters

September 1, 1995
Author(s)
Jun-Feng Song, F Rudder, Theodore V. Vorburger, J Smith
National and international comparisons in Rockwell hardness tests show significant differences. Uncertainties in the geometry of the Rockwell diamond indenters are largely responsible for these differences. By using a stylus instrument, with a series of

CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROWAVE BLACKBODY WITH MONOSTATIC MEASUREMENT

September 5, 2024
Author(s)
Dazhen Gu, Jonah Smith, Adam Whitney, Omar Khatib, Natalie Rozman, Amanda Gregg, Willie Padilla, William Deal, Steven Reising
This paper describes a characterization method for measuring the reflectivity of blackbodies used as calibration devices in spaceborne instruments. The fundamental measurement principle is based on the scattering matrix theory. A monostatic apparatus has

Telecommunication Testbed Repeatability Assessment

September 16, 2022
Author(s)
Jeanne Quimby, Jake Rezac, Mary Gregg, Michael Frey, Jason Coder, Anna Otterstetter
Telecommunication testbeds are a fundamental tool in communication research, enabling prototyping and validating new ideas. Unfortunately, these testbeds are often highly complex, costly, and challenging to operate, requiring simultaneous Open System

Supercontinuum generation in an on-chip silica waveguide

February 13, 2014
Author(s)
Scott A. Diddams, Dong Yoon Oh, David Sell, Hansuek Lee, Ki Youl Yang, Kerry J. Vahala
Supercontinuum generation is demonstrated in an on-chip silica spiral waveguide by launching 180-fs pulses from an optical parametric oscillator at the center wavelength 1330 nm. With a coupled pulse energy of 2.17 nJ, the broadest spectrum in the

Time Measurement

February 3, 2014
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi
… the evolution of clocks and timekeeping, time scales, the fundamentals of time measurement, and the various time …

Defining Units in the Quantum SI

February 18, 2008
Author(s)
Peter J. Mohr
Possible changes to the International System of Units (SI) are being discussed, including a proposal to define the units by specifying the values of a set of fundamental constants. This note is meant to be an elementary guide to the algebra associated with

Scanning Tunneling Microscope - Web Page

November 1, 2006
Author(s)
Marilyn E. Jacox, John William Gadzuk
The scanning tunneling microscope [STM] is widely used in both industrial and fundamental research to obtain atomic-scale images of metal surfaces. It provides a three-dimensional profile of the surface which is very useful for characterizing surface

Quantum information processing with trapped ions

July 25, 2004
Author(s)
Murray D. Barrett, Tobias Schaetz, J Chiaverini, Dietrich Leibfried, Joseph W. Britton, Wayne M. Itano, John D. Jost, Emanuel Knill, C. Langer, R Ozeri, David J. Wineland
We report experiments on the creation and manipulation ofmulti-particle entangled states of trapped atomic ions. The experiments reported here, quantum dense coding and quantum teleportation, constitute a significant step toward performing large-scale

Virtual Testing of Ready-Mixed Concrete

January 1, 2004
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Bullard
The development of a virtual testing system is no small task. It requires fundamental scientific research into the physics, chemistry, and materials science of concrete. The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory consortium has identified three

Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulator,

January 1, 1998
Author(s)
David J. Wineland, C Monroe, Wayne M. Itano, B E. King, Dietrich G. Leibfried, C J. Myatt, Chris S. Wood
Coherent manipulations involving the quantized motional and internal states of a single trapped ion can be used to simulate the dynamics of other systems. We consider some examples, including the action of a Mach Zehnder interferometer which uses entangled

Elastic Flexure of Bilayered Beams Subject to Strain Differentials

December 1, 2000
Author(s)
Tze J. Chuang, S K. Lee
The residual stresses present in a thin film and the curvatures formed at its substyrate during deposition have been a great concern to electrochemists and process engineers. Here a new hybrid analytical method is presented to reanalyze the flexural
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