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Recent Advancements of Wide-Angle Polarization Analysis with 3 He neutron Spin Filters

October 10, 2016
Author(s)
WangChun Chen, Thomas R. Gentile, Qiang NMN Ye, A. Kirchhoff, Shannon Watson, Jose A. Rodriguez, Yiming Qiu, Collin L. Broholm
Wide-angle polarization analysis with polarized 3He based neutron spin filters (NSFs) has recently been employed on the Multi-Axis Crystal Spectrometer (MACS) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). Over

Time in Cyber-Physical Systems

October 2, 2016
Author(s)
Marc A. Weiss, YaShian Li-Baboud, Aviral Shrivastava, Mohammad Khayatian, Patricia Derlery, Hugo A. Andrade, Sundeep Chandhoke, Kevin Stanton, John Eidson
Many modern CPS, especially industrial automation systems, require the actions of multiple computational systems to be synchronized at much higher rates than is possible through ad hoc designs. Fundamental research is needed in synchronizing clocks of

Three-Dimensional Protonic Conductivity in Porous Organic Cage Solids

September 13, 2016
Author(s)
Ming Liu, Linjiang Chen, Scott Lewis, Samantha Y. Chong, Marc A. Little, Tom Hasell, Iain M. Aldous, Craig Brown, Martin W. Smith, Carole A. Morrison, Laurence J. Hardwick, Andrew I. Cooper
Proton conduction is a fundamental process in biology and in devices such as proton exchange membrane fuel cells. To maximize proton conduction, 3-D conduction pathways are preferred over 1-D pathways, which prevent proton conduction in two-dimensions

Intensity Ratio of Resonant Raman Modes for (n,m) Enriched Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes

April 29, 2016
Author(s)
Yanmei Piao, Jeffrey R. Simpson, Jason K. Streit, Geyou Ao, Ming Zheng, Angela R. Hight Walker
Relative intensities of resonant Raman spectral features, specifically the radial breathing mode (RBM) and G modes, of eleven chirality-enriched single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) species were established under second-order optical transition excitation

Current Standards Landscape for Smart Manufacturing Systems

February 23, 2016
Author(s)
Yan Lu, Katherine C. Morris, Simon P. Frechette
The future of manufacturing lies in being able to optimize the use of resources to produce high quality product and adapt quickly to changing conditions. From smaller lot sizes, to more customization, to sudden changes in supply chain; the variability that

Metrological challenges for measurements of key climatological observables, Part 4: Atmospheric relative humidity

December 15, 2015
Author(s)
Allan H. Harvey, J W. Lovell-Smith, Rainer Feistel, Olaf Hellmuth, Stephanie A. Bell, M Heinonen, J R. Cooper
Water in its three ambient phases plays the central thermodynamic role in the terrestrial climate system. Clouds control Earth’s radiation balance, atmospheric water vapour is the strongest “greenhouse” gas, and non-equilibrium relative humidity at the air

NIST Big Data Interoperability Framework: Volume 4, Security and Privacy

October 22, 2015
Author(s)
Wo L. Chang, Arnab Roy, Mark Underwood, NBD-PWG NIST Big Data Public Working Group
Big Data is a term used to describe the large amount of data in the networked, digitized, sensor-laden, information-driven world. While opportunities exist with Big Data, the data can overwhelm traditional technical approaches and the growth of data is

Direct Observation of Critical Adsorption on Colloidal Particles

August 25, 2015
Author(s)
Christopher E Bertrand, P. D. Godfrin, Yun Liu
Despite the fundamental role adsorbed solvent layers play in generating critical Casimir forces between colloidal particles, the structure of these layers has yet to be directly determined. Using small-angle neutron scattering ,we have measured critical

One-dimensional frequency-based spectroscopy

May 22, 2015
Author(s)
Joseph T. Hodges, A. Cygan, P. Wcislo, S. Wojtewicz, Piotr Maslowski, R. Ciurylo, D Lisak
Recent developments in optical metrology have tremendously improved the precision and accuracy of the horizontal (frequency) axis in measured spectra. However, the vertical (typically absorbance) axis is usually based on intensity measurements that are

Absolute line intensities for oxirane in the 11.4 micron spectral region.

December 15, 2014
Author(s)
Walter J. Lafferty, Jean-Marie Flaud, Fridolin Kwabia
Absolute individual line intensities of numerous transitions of the fundamental ν15, ν12 and ν5 bands of oxirane (ethylene oxide, cyc-C2H4O) have been measured in the 790-940 cm-1 region using seven high-resolution Fourier transform spectra recorded at 0

Mid-Infrared Time-Resolved Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of Transient Free Radicals

June 10, 2014
Author(s)
Adam J. Fleisher, Bryce Bjork, Thinh Q. Bui, Kevin C. Cossel, Mitchio Okumura, Jun Ye
Quantitative measurements in chemical kinetics require unambiguous determinations of reactant, intermediate, and product concentrations on time scales faster than the reaction rate. Direct absorption spectroscopy in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) can fulfill

Optimizing Hybrid Metrology through a Consistent Multi-Tool Parameter Set and Uncertainty Model

April 14, 2014
Author(s)
Richard M. Silver, Bryan Barnes, Nien F. Zhang, Hui Zhou, Andras Vladar, John S. Villarrubia, Regis J. Kline, Daniel Sunday, Alok Vaid
There has been significant interest in hybrid metrology as a novel method for reducing overall measurement uncertainty and optimizing measurement throughput (speed) through rigorous combinations of two or more different measurement techniques into a single

Thermodynamic Performance Limits of the Vapor Compression Cycle

January 19, 2014
Author(s)
Piotr A. Domanski, J S. Brown, Jae H. Heo, Mark O. McLinden
This presentation discusses the thermodynamic performance limits of the vapor compression cycle. We have applied evolutionary algorithms to explore the performance of hypothetical refrigerants defined by the thermodynamic parameters used by the extended

Exploiting shot noise correlations in the photodetection of ultrashort optical pulse trains

March 10, 2013
Author(s)
Franklyn J. Quinlan, Tara M. Fortier, Haifeng (. Jiang, Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Yang Fu, J. C. Campbell, Scott A. Diddams
Photocurrent shot noise represents the fundamental quantum limit of amplitude, phase and timing measurements of optical signals. It is generally assumed that non-classical states of light must be employed to alter the standard, time-invariant shot noise

Submicrometer-Resolution Polychromatic 3D X-Ray Microscopy

January 15, 2013
Author(s)
B C. Larson, Lyle E. Levine
The ability to study the structure, microstructure, and evolution of materials with increasing spatial resolution is fundamental to achieving a full understanding of the underlying science of materials. Polychromatic 3D x-ray microscopy (3DXM) is a

Ultrafast manetization enhancement in metallic multilayers driven by superdiffusive spin current

September 4, 2012
Author(s)
Thomas J. Silva, Justin M. Shaw, Hans T. Nembach, Dennis Rudolf, Chan La-O-Vorakiat, Marco Battiato, Roman Adam, Emrah Turgut, Stefan Mathias, Margaret M. Murnane, Henry C. Kapteyn, Claus M. Schneider
Uncovering the physical mechanisms that govern ultrafast charge and spin dynamics is crucial for understanding correlated matter as well as the fundamental limits of ultrafast spin-based electronics. Spin dynamics in magnetic materials can be driven by

Probing the timescale of the exchange interaction in a ferromagnetic alloy

January 27, 2012
Author(s)
Justin M. Shaw, Stefan Mathias, Chan La-O-Vorakiat, Hans T. Nembach, Thomas J. Silva, Mark Siemens, Henry Kapteyn, Margaret Murnane
The underlying physics of all ferromagnetic behavior is the cooperative interaction between individual atomic magnetic moments that results in a macroscopic magnetization. In this work, we use extreme ultraviolet pulses from high-harmonic generation as an
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