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Supercontinuum Sources for Metrology

June 2, 2009
Author(s)
John T. Woodward IV, Allan W. Smith, Colleen A. Jenkins, Chungsan Lin, Steven W. Brown, Keith R. Lykke
Supercontinuum (SC) sources are novel laser-based sources that generate a broad, white-light continuum in single mode photonic crystal fibers. Currently, up to 6 W of optical power is available, spanning the spectral range from 460 nm to 2500 nm. Advances

Intensity dynamics in a waveguide array laser

May 31, 2009
Author(s)
Mingming M. Feng, Steven T. Cundiff, Kevin L. Silverman, Richard Mirin, Matt Williams, J. Nathan N. Kutz
We report the intensity dynamics of a five-emitter laser array subject to a linearly decreasing injection current. The array produces oscillatory power output with a nearly Pi phase shift between the oscillations of adjacent waveguides.

Time and Frequency-Domain Spectroscopy with Dual Frequency Combs

May 28, 2009
Author(s)
Nathan R. Newbury, Ian R. Coddington, William C. Swann
High-resolution spectroscopic measurements of the amplitude and phase spectra from a gas sample can be acquired by use of dual frequency combs. Here we discuss the corresponding gas signature in the time domain.

A deep-UV optical frequency comb at 205 nm

May 25, 2009
Author(s)
Scott A. Diddams, E Peters, P Fendel, S Reinhardt, T W. Hansch, T Udem
By frequency quadrupling a picosecond pulse train from a Ti:sapphire laser at 820 nm we generate a frequency comb at 205 nm with nearly bandwidth-limited pulses. The nonlinear frequency conversion is accomplished by two successive frequency doubling stages

Imaging Response of Optical Microscopes Containing Angled Micromirrors

April 30, 2009
Author(s)
Andrew J. Berglund, Matthew D. McMahon, Jabez J. McClelland, James A. Liddle
We describe the aberrations induced by introducing micromirrors into the object space of a microscope. These play a critical role in determining the accuracy of recent three-dimensional particle tracking methods based on such devices.

Frequency comb spectroscopy with coherent optical sampling

April 20, 2009
Author(s)
Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury, William C. Swann
A stabilized frequency comb provides a broadband array of highly resolved comb lines. Using a multiheterodyne technique, we measure the amplitude and phase of every comb line, allowing for massively parallel, high-resolution spectroscopy.

Effect of Line Width Roughness on Optical Scatterometry Measurements

April 6, 2009
Author(s)
Brent C. Bergner, Thomas Germer, Thomas Suleski
Line width roughness (LWR) has been identified as a potential source of uncertainty in scatterometry measurements, and characterizing its effect is required to improve the method s accuracy and to make measurements traceable. In this work, we extend

EUVL dosimetry at NIST

March 13, 2009
Author(s)
Charles S. Tarrio, Steven E. Grantham, Marc J. Cangemi, Robert E. Vest, Thomas B. Lucatorto, Noreen Harned
As part of its role in providing radiometric standards in support of industry, NIST has been active in advancing extreme ultraviolet dosimetry on various fronts. Recently, we undertook a major effort in accurately measuring the sensitivity of three extreme

Scatterfield Optical Imaging for sub-10 nm Dimensional Metrology

January 1, 2009
Author(s)
Richard M. Silver
Recent developments in optical microscopy promise to advance optical metrology and imaging to unprecedented levels through theoretical and experimental development of a new measurement technique called "scatterfield optical imaging". ". Current metrology

Computational Parameters in Simulation of Microscope Images

November 28, 2008
Author(s)
Egon Marx, James E. Potzick
The simulation of microscope images computed from scattered fields determined using integral equations depend on a number of parameters that are not related to the scatterer or to the microscope but are choices made for the computation method. The effect

Integral Equations for 3-D Scattering: Finite Strip on a Substrate

November 28, 2008
Author(s)
Egon Marx
Singular integral equations that determine the exact fields scattered by a dielectric or conducting finite strip on a substrate are presented. The computation of the image of such a scatterer from these fields by Fourier optics methods is also shown.

Yb Optical Lattice Clock

November 23, 2008
Author(s)
Nathan D. Lemke, Andrew Ludlow, Zeb Barber, N Poli, C.W. Hoyt, Long-Sheng Ma, Jason Stalnaker, Christopher W. Oates, Leo Hollberg, James C. Bergquist, A. Brusch, Tara Fortier, Scott Diddams, Thomas P. Heavner, Steven R. Jefferts, Tom Parker
We describe the development and latest results of an optical lattice clock based on neutral Yb atoms, including investigations based on both even and odd isotopes. We report a fractional frequency uncertainty below 10 -15 for 171Yb.

Calibration of a Radiance Standard for the NPP/OMPS Instrument

October 9, 2008
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson, James J. Butler, Scott J. Janz, Robert D. Saunders, John W. Cooper, Matthew G. Kowalewski, R Barnes
In June 2007, a spherical integrating source was calibrated in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Calibration Facility as part of the prelaunch characterization program for the NPOESS Preparatory

Measuring Optical Tunneling Times using a Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometer.

September 23, 2008
Author(s)
Sergey Polyakov, Alan L. Migdall, Paul D. Lett, David Papoular, Pierre Clade, Colin McCormick
We report a prediction for the delay measured in an optical tunneling experiment using Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference, taking into account the Goos-Hanchen shift generalized to frustrated total internal reflection situations. We precisely state

Detector-based calibration procedures for tristimulus colorimeter standards

September 15, 2008
Author(s)
George P. Eppeldauer, Carl C. Miller, Yoshihiro Ohno
Two reference and three working standard tristimulus colorimeters have been developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to utilize the recently introduced detector based colorimeter calibration method [1]. The tristimulus

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

High-stability transfer of an optical frequency over long fiber-optic links

August 1, 2008
Author(s)
Paul A. Williams, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury
We present theoretical predictions and experimental measurements for the achievable phase noise, timing jitter, and frequency stability in the coherent transport of an optical frequency over a fiber-optic link. Both technical and fundamental limitations to

Applications of highly coherent femtosecond fiber lasers

July 13, 2008
Author(s)
Nathan R. Newbury, Ian R. Coddington, William C. Swann
Coherent, broadband fiber lasers produce pulse trains with <1 femtosecond relative timing uncertainty and <1 mHz relative frequency uncertainty. These sources can advance many applications including optical frequency metrology, ranging LIDAR, and broadband
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