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Antenna Metrology 100-500 GHz: A New Approach

May 16, 2016
Author(s)
Perry F. Wilson, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
A typical near-field scanning range for antenna measurements is based on simple translation stages (planar) or stacked rotators (spherical), or both (cylindrical). Above 100 GHz problems arise in both specialized waveguide components, such as precision

Multi-purpose Configurable Range for Antenna Testing Up To 220 GHz*

April 9, 2016
Author(s)
David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Josh Gordon, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin
NIST has developed a multi-purpose test range for performing several types of antenna testing including spherical, cylindrical and planar near-field scanning as well as extrapolation measurements. This range uses a commercial, offthe- shelf, six-axis robot

Using Frequency Detuning to Improve the Sensitivity of Electric Field Measurements via Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Autler-Townes Splitting In Rydberg Atoms

March 14, 2016
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, Matthew T. Simons, Joshua A. Gordon
In this work we demonstrate an approach for improved sensitivity in weak RF electric-field measurements using Rydberg EIT in an atomic vapor. This is accomplished by varying the RF frequency around a resonant atomic transition and extrapolating the weak on

Millimeter-Wave Near-Field Measurements Using Coordinated Robotics

December 1, 2015
Author(s)
Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Ronald C. Wittmann, Michael H. Francis, Miranda L. Butler, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
The National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) recently developed a new robotic scanning system for performing near-field measurements at millimeter-wave (mm-wave)frequencies above 100 GHz, the configurable robotic millimeterwave antenna (CROMMA)

Millimeter-Wave Near-Field Measurements Using Coordinated Robotics

October 29, 2015
Author(s)
Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Alexandra Curtin, Miranda L. Butler, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
The National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology (NIST) recently developed a new robotic scan- ning system for performing near-field measurements at millimeter-wave frequencies above 100 GHz, the CROMMA (Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna)

A Single-Pixel Touchless Laser Tracker Probe

October 15, 2015
Author(s)
Josh Gordon, David R. Novotny, Alexandra Curtin
We have developed a laser tracker probe, the Pixel Probe, that does not require physically contacting the object one is measuring and which has 3D spatial resolution of about 25 μm (in x,y,z) in the current configuration. This touchless laser tracker probe

Antenna Measurement Implementations and Dynamic Positional Validation Using a Six Axis Robot

October 11, 2015
Author(s)
David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Alexandra Curtin, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
We have performed spherical and extrapolation scans of two antennas at 118 GHz using a commercial 6-axis robot. Unlike spherical scanning, linear extrapolations do not precisely conform to the native circular movement of the individual robot axes. To

Generalized Probe-Position Compensation Methods for Near-Field Antenna Measurements

October 10, 2015
Author(s)
Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Josh Gordon, David R. Novotny
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed computationally efficient algorithms for probe location and polarization compensation in near- to far-field transformations for use when measurements are not made on the standard

Robotic Spherical Near-Field Measurements at 183 GHz

July 21, 2015
Author(s)
Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, David R. Novotny, Joshua A. Gordon
We describe millimeter-wave near-field measurements made with the new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) robotic scanning system. This system is designed for high-frequency performance, is capable of scanning in multiple configurations

Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna Facility

April 13, 2015
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Miranda L. Butler
This paper introduces the Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna (CROMMA) facility by the Antenna Metrology Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST set out to develop an antenna measurement facility that would be

Broadband Rydberg Atom Based Self-Calibrating RF E-field Probe

August 16, 2014
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, Joshua A. Gordon, Steven R. Jefferts, Thomas P. Heavner
We present a significantly new approach for an electric (E) field probe. The probe is based on the interaction of RF-fields with Rydberg atoms, where alkali atoms are excited optically to Rydberg states and the applied RF-field alters the resonant state of

Millimeter Wave Detection via Autler-Townes Splitting in Rubidium Rydberg Atoms

July 17, 2014
Author(s)
Joshua A. Gordon, Christopher L. Holloway, Andrew Schwarzkopf, Dave Anderson, Stephanie Miller, Nithiwadee Thaicharoen, Georg Raithel
In this paper we demonstrate the detection of millimeter waves via Autler-Townes splitting in 85Rb Rydberg atoms. This method may provide an independent atomic-based SI-traceable method for measuring mm-wave electric fi elds, which addresses a gap in

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF KU-BAND STANDARD GAIN HORN CHARACTERIZATION

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Jason B. Coder, Joshua A. Gordon
International comparison of antenna measurement results between national measurement laboratories supports interoperability of communication equipment in today’s world market. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the pilot National

Terahertz Active and Passive Imaging

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Erich N. Grossman, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Richard A. Chamberlin
We describe the results of bistatic scattering measurements covering 325-650 GHz on a series of wellcharacterized random rough test surfaces. These have implications for active THz imagers that use coherent sources for illumination. The mean scattered
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