Calibration services

News and Updates

A sunset. Text reads: "Radio Station WWVH. Reception Report, 15.0 MHz. Serial #23818. Date 4/7/2023."

Spotlight: Disseminating Time Signals Far and Wide With NIST’s Radio Stations

January 31, 2024

There are dedicated, enthusiastic people in this world who have made a cause (and hobby) out of saying, “I heard that.” NIST is keenly aware. We’re talking

Ileana Pazos sits and smiles for a photo next to scientific equipment. She's holding tweezers next to the machine.

Spotlight: Research Chemist Ileana Pazos’ Radiant Role in Longer-Lasting, Safer Imported Foods

March 24, 2023

Fruits and vegetables brought in from outside the country first require health and foodborne pathogen inspections. NIST research chemist Ileana Pazos helps the

Now Hear This!

June 30, 2022

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and built an optical device that could set a new standard for measuring

Projects and Programs

photon attenuation cross section measurements

Basic Metrology: Standard Reference Data on Radiation Interactions

Ongoing

NIST is in its eighth decade of providing critically evaluated, comprehensive databases of cross-section information for ionizing photons (x and gamma rays)

Thermal Noise Metrology

Ongoing

This project develops methods for very accurate measurements of thermal noise and provides support for such measurements in the communications and electronics

Traceability for Industrial Irradiators: Design of the Applied Irradiation Manufacturing Standards (AIMS) Facility

Ongoing

U.S. manufacturers have contended for decades that traceability to national standards for industrial irradiation applications is best achieved by services based

Laser Power and Energy Meter Calibration

Ongoing

The NIST Laser Power and Energy Calibration Project develops and maintains the U.S. national standards for the characterization of laser power and energy

Publications

NIST's Antenna Gain and Polarization Calibration Service Reinstatement

October 9, 2023

Author(s)

Josh Gordon, Benjamin Moser

After a five-year renovation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder, CO, antenna measurement facility, the Antenna On-Axis Gain

Report from the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography Working Group Meeting: Current State, Needs, and Path Forward

August 22, 2023

Author(s)

Elizabeth Rasmussen, Boris Wilthan, Brian Simonds

This is the report of a hybrid working group meeting held on April 25, 2023, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO. The

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarker Calibration Service: NMR Measurement of Isotropic Water Diffusion Coefficient

March 30, 2023

Author(s)

Stephen E. Russek, Katy Keenan, Karl Stupic, Nikki Rentz, Michael Boss, Kevin J. Coakley, Amanda Koepke, Cassandra Stoffer

This document describes a calibration service to measure the water diffusion coefficient, or diffusivity, in reference materials and tissue mimics using nuclear

On Predistortion Filtering for Switched Beamforming With Phased-Array Antennas

March 26, 2023

Author(s)

Jack Chuang, Camillo Gentile

In recent work, we proposed sweeping the antennas of phased arrays and beamforming in postprocessing – what we coined switched beamforming – instead of sweeping

Tools and Instruments

Awards

Igor Vayshenker Receives Rocky Mountain Eagle Award

Fiber optic cable forms the backbone of the U.S. internet. Optical Fiber Power is the most basic measurement for qualifying the performance

Calibration services

News and Updates

Spotlight: Disseminating Time Signals Far and Wide With NIST’s Radio Stations

Spotlight: Research Chemist Ileana Pazos’ Radiant Role in Longer-Lasting, Safer Imported Foods

Now Hear This!

Projects and Programs

Basic Metrology: Standard Reference Data on Radiation Interactions

Thermal Noise Metrology

Traceability for Industrial Irradiators: Design of the Applied Irradiation Manufacturing Standards (AIMS) Facility

Laser Power and Energy Meter Calibration

Publications

NIST's Antenna Gain and Polarization Calibration Service Reinstatement

Report from the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography Working Group Meeting: Current State, Needs, and Path Forward

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarker Calibration Service: NMR Measurement of Isotropic Water Diffusion Coefficient

On Predistortion Filtering for Switched Beamforming With Phased-Array Antennas

Tools and Instruments

Primary optical watt radiometer (POWR) facility

4.45 MN Deadweight Force Generating Machine (Million Pound Force Dead Weight Machine)

SIRCUS facility and uncertainties

Aluminum Oxide EUV Photodetector Transfer Standard

Awards

Igor Vayshenker Receives Rocky Mountain Eagle Award