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SDO/EVE/ESP Calibration
NASA launched the Solar Dynamics Observatory ( SDO ) satellite on 11 Feb 2010 on a mission to study the sun. The EUV Variability Experiment ( EVE … more
A Precision Reactor Antineutrino Oscillation and Spectrum Measurement (PROSPECT)
PROSPECT, the PRecision Oscillation and SPECTrum experiment, located at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at ORNL will measure the … more
Frequency Measurement and Analysis Service (FMAS)
The NIST Frequency Measurement and Analysis Service (FMAS) makes it easy to measure and calibrate any quartz, rubidium, cesium, or hydrogen maser … more
Affect of Partial Charge Calculation Method on Adsorption Thermodynamics
In classical molecular simulations, electrostatic contributions to the potential energy are typically accounted for by assigning partial charges … more
CODATA values of the fundamental constants
Every four years, the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) issues recommended values of the fundamental physical constants. The … more
Air Kerma Calibrations in Radiation Protection Level 137Cs and 60Co Gamma Ray Beams
The Dosimetry Group maintains and disseminates the national measurement standards for air-kerma (exposure) from 137 Cs and 60 Co gamma-ray beams … more Instruments
Beamline 3: Center for Advanced Synchrotron Radiation-Based Metrology
Streamlining Detector-based Radiometry at SURF III NIST has maintained the Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (SURF) for nearly 6 decades … more
Beamline 4: Ultraviolet Optical Properties and Calibrations
Beamline 4 is a general purpose radiometric beamline consists of a 2 m normal-incidence monochromator to disperse radiation from SURF III. An … more
Beamline 7: EUV reflectometry
The NIST/DARPA EUV Reflectometry facility began in the late 1980's to make measurements of the reflectivity of EUV multilayer optics for … more
Beamline 8: EUV Surface Chemistry & Lifetime
The purpose of the end station on Beamline 8 at the Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (SURF III) is to study the degradation of materials … more
EUV Detector Radiometry Beamline
The EUV Detector Radiometry Beamline (BL-9) is devoted to detector-based radiometry and other measurements of optical properties in the extreme … more
Beamline 2: Spectrometer Calibrations
Absolute irradiance calibrations based on the calculability of synchrotron radiation are performed on beamline 2. See GOES-R/EXIS and SDO as … more Software
jb95 Spectral fitting program
A graphical user interface program, JB95 , based on a Windows 95 © API platform has been written in the C programming language to aid in the … more
FPGA-based Digital Control Box for Phase Stabilization of a Frequency Comb
This page provides information on firmware/software used at NIST to phase-lock a frequency comb. The firmware/software operates with hardware that … more
Electron holography
An electron hologram is a fringe modulated image containing the amplitude and phase information of an electron transparent object. The HolograFREE … more
Noncollinear phase matching in uniaxial and biaxial crystals
Although significant work has been done to characterize collinear phase matching and to present many of its applications, noncollinear phase … more
FPGA-based multicoincidence recipe and software
This project allows investigators to build their own data acquisition instruments to collect and statistically process data in real time, then … more
Old Version of FPGA
NOTE: THIS PAGE REFERS TO THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS PROJECT. THE NEWEST VERSION, DATED JANUARY 2015, CAN BE FOUND HERE. This first (and … more |
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