The Optical Measurements Group at NIST focuses on developing advanced photonics-based measurement techniques and providing reference data for light-matter interactions. Their work has broad applications in environmental monitoring, remote sensing, biomedical diagnostics, materials characterization, energy transformation, and communications technology.
The group conducts research in optical measurement science to enable accurate and precise characterization of various measurands, including amount of substance, isotopic composition, transition moments and frequencies, spectroscopic line shape parameters, scattering and absorption by particles, acoustics and ultrasound, and thermophysical quantities like pressure and temperature.
NIST’s Optical Measurements Group develops measurement standards, methods, and tools to advance measurement capabilities in areas of national and industrial need. They provide spectroscopic and optical reference data for quantitative analysis and sensing of various systems, interact with international standards organizations, and provide advice and measurement traceability to other government agencies, scientific organizations, and American industry.
Source: https://www.nist.gov/mml/csd/optical-measurements-group
Keywords: standards, measurement, spectroscopy, sensing, interactions
