Applied Physics Division

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The Division's focus on a targeted set of technical challenges enables us to maximize impact and benefit from collaborations with industry, government, and university stakeholders.</p></div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Press Coverage</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-0803aab7108fb98596960cf781f856fca1ba2f83baa7b968a7933dd7b8c3f8eb"> <div> <article about="/press-coverage/new-snspd-camera-sets-record-highest-resolution-photon-detection" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/press-coverage/new-snspd-camera-sets-record-highest-resolution-photon-detection" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/10/23/superconducting-camera.jpg?itok=mQAPoDOg" width="100" height="100" alt="400,000 single-wire superconducting camera" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/press-coverage/new-snspd-camera-sets-record-highest-resolution-photon-detection"><span>New SNSPD Camera Sets Record for Highest Resolution Photon Detection</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="string">Isp.page</div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="datetime"><time datetime="2023-11-16T12:00:00Z">November 16, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed a superconducting nanowire single </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/press-coverage/new-superconducting-nanowire-single-photon-detector-has-400000-pixels" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/press-coverage/new-superconducting-nanowire-single-photon-detector-has-400000-pixels" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/10/23/superconducting-camera.jpg?itok=mQAPoDOg" width="100" height="100" alt="400,000 single-wire superconducting camera" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/press-coverage/new-superconducting-nanowire-single-photon-detector-has-400000-pixels"><span>New superconducting nanowire single-photon detector has 400,000 pixels</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="string">Physics World</div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="datetime"><time datetime="2023-11-16T12:00:00Z">November 16, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The highest resolution to date in a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) camera has been claimed by researchers in the US. Designed by a team </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/press-coverage/nist-team-creates-highest-resolution-single-photon-superconducting-camera" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/press-coverage/nist-team-creates-highest-resolution-single-photon-superconducting-camera" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/10/23/superconducting-camera.jpg?itok=mQAPoDOg" width="100" height="100" alt="400,000 single-wire superconducting camera" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/press-coverage/nist-team-creates-highest-resolution-single-photon-superconducting-camera"><span>NIST Team Creates Highest-Resolution Single-Photon Superconducting 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a superconducting camera containing 400,000 pixels — </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/press-coverage/cool-superconducting-camera-feels-heat" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/press-coverage/cool-superconducting-camera-feels-heat" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/10/23/superconducting-camera.jpg?itok=mQAPoDOg" width="100" height="100" alt="400,000 single-wire superconducting camera" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/press-coverage/cool-superconducting-camera-feels-heat"><span>Cool Superconducting Camera Feels the Heat</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="string">Optics and Photonics News</div> 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class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just unveiled a superconducting camera that could redefine our view of the universe </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Taking Measure Blog</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-c6e5533d6006d1c9b5fe16f435210b7ba710dcfc1302b3dff75fbe1c0054d78a"> <div> <article about="/blogs/taking-measure/escaping-war-becoming-mom-3-once-science-has-always-been-there-me" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/escaping-war-becoming-mom-3-once-science-has-always-been-there-me" 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It forms the chips that are used for memory and processors in high-end computers, everyday consumer </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/blogs/taking-measure/working-improve-small-scale-mris-my-summer-surf-student-nist" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/working-improve-small-scale-mris-my-summer-surf-student-nist" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2021/09/28/MicroMRI.jpg?itok=NbZDQFYu" width="100" height="63" alt="a small box with cable pairs of cable outlets coming out of either end. the box top is open and there is circuitry and a white nipple shaped piece in the center." typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/working-improve-small-scale-mris-my-summer-surf-student-nist"><span>Working to Improve Small-Scale MRIs: My Summer as a SURF Student at NIST</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2021-09-29T12:00:00Z">September 29, 2021</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> I didn’t really know what to expect on the first day of my virtual Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/blogs/taking-measure/developing-exposure-notification-system-blunt-spread-covid-19-and-future" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/developing-exposure-notification-system-blunt-spread-covid-19-and-future" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/11/09/covid-tech.png?itok=rdxJps6a" width="100" height="63" alt="a man and a woman walking toward one another with exposure notification system bracelets on. 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" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/07/new-nist-measurements-aim-advance-and-validate-portable-mri-technology"><span property="schema:name">New NIST Measurements Aim to Advance and Validate Portable MRI Technology</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-07-17T12:00:00Z">July 17, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> A new wave of smaller, less expensive MRI systems promises to expand the delivery of health care and the capabilities of medicine. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2023/07/lessons-experimental-brain-phantom" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/07/lessons-experimental-brain-phantom" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/06/26/white-brain-mold.png?itok=s9ZTVLtf" width="75" height="100" alt="white matter mimic in the bottom half of the artificial cranium" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/07/lessons-experimental-brain-phantom"><span property="schema:name">Lessons from an Experimental Brain Phantom</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-07-12T12:00:00Z">July 12, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and colleagues have developed a novel, anatomically accurate reference model of the </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2023/07/spotlight-creative-minds-working-behind-scenes-agents-mri-contrast" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/07/spotlight-creative-minds-working-behind-scenes-agents-mri-contrast" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/07/28/DSC_1473.jpg?itok=_jScE4vU" width="100" height="100" alt="Sam Oberdick and Gary Zabow pose for a picture, standing together with lab equipment in the background." typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/07/spotlight-creative-minds-working-behind-scenes-agents-mri-contrast"><span property="schema:name">Spotlight: The Creative Minds Working Behind the Scenes on Agents of MRI Contrast</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-07-07T12:00:00Z">July 7, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> You might not recognize these two faces from such NIST social media hits as “microprinting with candy” and “molds for microparticles,” but they were behind that </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news-updates/org/5956">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Projects and Programs</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-cff58e50a11386910660e92c9e076942ad8c24294fc34262b55b182c6ebc61ff"> <div> <article about="/programs-projects/aberration-corrected-scanning-transmission-electron-microscopy" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/aberration-corrected-scanning-transmission-electron-microscopy" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/05/04/schematics-and-diffraction-patterns.png?itok=ilUfkyGo" width="100" height="73" alt="Schematics and diffraction patterns" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/aberration-corrected-scanning-transmission-electron-microscopy"><span>Aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Provide atomic resolution imaging and analysis of complex materials and devices, while also advancing transmission electron microscopy methods. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/programs-projects/advanced-magnetic-imaging" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/advanced-magnetic-imaging" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2021/05/04/Advanced-Magnetic-Imaging.png?itok=zwMGR-CH" width="100" height="77" alt="Advanced Magnetic Imaging staff" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/advanced-magnetic-imaging"><span>Advanced Magnetic Imaging</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The scope of MRI is expanding with the development of both ultra-high field (14 T) and ultra-low field (0.1 mT) scanners not only for biomedical applications </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/programs-projects/advanced-microwave-photonics" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/advanced-microwave-photonics" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2016/09/13/qim-image_1.jpg?itok=LLjypQGR" width="100" height="75" alt="qim image" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/advanced-microwave-photonics"><span>Advanced Microwave Photonics</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Research on quantum information (QI) seeks to control and exploit exotic properties of quantum mechanics, and researchers are already generating "unbreakable" </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/programs-projects/bringing-si-global-atmospheric-greenhouse-gas-measurement" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/bringing-si-global-atmospheric-greenhouse-gas-measurement" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/08/17/Long_0.jpg?itok=NDbdA-Uz" width="100" height="53" alt="Long_Feature_Image" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/bringing-si-global-atmospheric-greenhouse-gas-measurement"><span>Bringing the SI to Global Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Measurement</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> We are developing a comprehensive next-generation greenhouse gas (GHG) calibration system capable of extending SI traceability to global satellite remote </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/projects-programs/org/5956">View All Projects/Programs</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Software</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-9e8c8c2e95890887dd26c4ff7b8eac357df39fade19812855a1785748d0efdfc"> <div> <article about="/services-resources/software/nists-integrated-colony-enumerator-nice" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/nists-integrated-colony-enumerator-nice" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2016/09/21/nicewindow.gif?itok=rZdnL2I_" width="100" height="75" alt="NICE screenshot" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/nists-integrated-colony-enumerator-nice"><span>NIST's Integrated Colony Enumerator (NICE)</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2021-01-04T12:00:00Z">January 4, 2021</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Enumeration of bacterial colonies on an agar plate is simple in concept, but automated colony counting is difficult due to variations in colony color, size </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/services-resources/software/jb95-spectral-fitting-program" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/jb95-spectral-fitting-program"><span>JB95 Spectral fitting program</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2016-02-19T12:00:00Z">February 19, 2016</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> 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 analysis of complex </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/services-resources/software/soen-process-design-kits" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/soen-process-design-kits" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/02/05/hTron_cell.png?itok=n22xz2ul" width="100" height="90" alt="hTron cell" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/soen-process-design-kits"><span>SOEN Process Design Kits</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> This technology package, a.k.a process design kit (PDK), defines the NIST superconducting optoelectronics process: OLMAC. It is in the klayout format of </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/org/5956">View All Software</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Tools and Instruments</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-49d4e2ffea2e232d3b66f91fe72837dad79896ea0e064d1d547f8e8979f67139"> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/local-electrode-atom-probe-tomography-leap" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/local-electrode-atom-probe-tomography-leap" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/instruments/leap.jpg?itok=4oYTqsuS" width="100" height="100" alt="Local Electrode Atom Probe Tomography (LEAP)" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/local-electrode-atom-probe-tomography-leap"><span>Local Electrode Atom Probe Tomography (LEAP)</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Field evaporates (with a voltage and laser pulse) a sharp tip-shaped specimen. Collects the ionization products in a position-sensitive, time-of-flight mass </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/continuous-wave-terahertz-spectrometer" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/continuous-wave-terahertz-spectrometer" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2017/03/31/thz_spectrometer.jpg?itok=tcxLxMuZ" width="90" height="100" alt="THz photomixer spectrometer" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/continuous-wave-terahertz-spectrometer"><span>Continuous-wave terahertz spectrometer</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The continuous-wave terahertz spectrometer makes use of two near-infrared lasers. The first laser is a fixed-frequency cw ring Ti:Saph laser operating near 840 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/nonlinear-optical-spectroscopy" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/nonlinear-optical-spectroscopy" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/pml/div682/grp01/sfg-schematic_2.png?itok=Hscy3BwT" width="100" height="45" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/nonlinear-optical-spectroscopy"><span>Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Vibrationally-Resonant Sum Frequency Spectroscopy (VR-SFS): A nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy in which two colors of light, one in the visible and one in the </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/molecular-beam-epitaxy-mbe-facility" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/molecular-beam-epitaxy-mbe-facility" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/pml/div686/new-veeco-mbe.jpg?itok=K25uAxia" width="100" height="75" alt="MBE Facility" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/molecular-beam-epitaxy-mbe-facility"><span>Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Facility</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The Applied Physics Division utilizes a fully automated, dual-chamber molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system for the growth of advanced, compound semiconductor </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/org/5956">View All Tools & Instruments</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Awards</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-2f690bdc1f45b866b4d5b0716f8256608d5d6cd659ae21f5f9c44d7acbf0093b"> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2022-bronze-medal-award-stephen-russek-karl-stupic-kathryn-keenan-neal-zelarney" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-bronze-medal-award-stephen-russek-karl-stupic-kathryn-keenan-neal-zelarney" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/18/BRONZE_Keenan_K%2CRussek_comp.jpg?itok=OvuZu7Zz" width="100" height="74" alt="2022 Bronze Awardees" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-bronze-medal-award-stephen-russek-karl-stupic-kathryn-keenan-neal-zelarney"><span>2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Stephen Russek, Karl Stupic, Kathryn Keenan, Neal Zelarney</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For establishing a lending library service with the National Institutes of Health for the dissemination of magnetic resonance imaging standards.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2022-arthur-s-flemming-award-john-teufel" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-arthur-s-flemming-award-john-teufel" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/12/21/Teufel_J.Flemming.jpg?itok=QEkihsHK" width="67" height="100" alt="John Teufel Flemming award" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-arthur-s-flemming-award-john-teufel"><span>2022 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---John Teufel</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">Dr. Teufel is a world leader in the field of quantum optomechanics. His innovations over the last decade have tested fundamental physics and will help enable the future of quantum information.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2022-gold-medal-award-john-teufel-jose-aumentado-katarina-cicak-raymond-simmonds-scott" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-gold-medal-award-john-teufel-jose-aumentado-katarina-cicak-raymond-simmonds-scott" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/18/GOLD_Teufel.Aumentado.Cicak_.Simmonds.jpg?itok=BtyWEs0y" width="100" height="56" alt="2022 Gold Medal Awardees" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-gold-medal-award-john-teufel-jose-aumentado-katarina-cicak-raymond-simmonds-scott"><span>2022 - Gold Medal Award---John Teufel, José Aumentado, Katarina Cicak, Raymond Simmonds, Scott Glancy, Emanuel Knill</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For pioneering experimental techniques to generate and precisely measure the quantum entanglement of two macroscopic mechanical resonators.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/awards/2023-ieee-fellow-richard-mirin" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-ieee-fellow-richard-mirin" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231208010525im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/27/Mirin_R-002.jpg?itok=a5c4Kw_M" width="67" height="100" alt="Richard Mirin" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-ieee-fellow-richard-mirin"><span>2023 IEEE Fellow - Richard Mirin</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> For contributions to quantum photonic devices. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/awards/org/5956">View All Awards</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Patents</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-912a00680ee8ba4facc01bbed167436dbf5ec9024db0e479075c4b1a8eb7ee66"> <div> <article about="/patents/magnetic-resonance-fingerprinting-thermometry" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/patents/magnetic-resonance-fingerprinting-thermometry"><span>Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting Thermometry</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline"> <div class="nist-field__label">NIST Inventors</div> Kathryn Keenan and Megan Poorman </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> A method for temperature quantification using magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) includes acquiring MRF data from a region of interest in a subject using an MRF pulse sequence with smoothly varying RF phase for MR resonant frequencies that is played out continuously. 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The waveguide has a uniform region with uniform width and a tapered-waveguide region having a width that adiabatically increases from a minimum </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/patents/self-referencing-nonlinear-frequency-converting-photonic-waveguide-and-self-referencing" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231208010525/https://www.nist.gov/patents/self-referencing-nonlinear-frequency-converting-photonic-waveguide-and-self-referencing"><span>Self-referencing Nonlinear Frequency Converting Photonic Waveguide and Self-referencing Nonlinear Frequency Conversion</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline"> <div class="nist-field__label">NIST Inventors</div> Jeff Chiles , Ian Coddington and Eric Stanton </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The invention is an optical frequency comb sub-system that utilizes nano-scale photonic waveguides made of aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) to perform the nonlinear frequency conversion required to realize f-to-2f self-referencing. 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