Princeton/NIST Collaboration Puts Wheels on the Quantum Bus | NIST
Researchers from Princeton University and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have developed a “quantum bus” that could enable…
Calculating Quantum Vacuum Forces in Nanostructures | NIST
Researchers from the Department of Energy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and…
Disseminating the New Kilogram: An International ‘Dry Run’ | NIST
The article discusses the transition to a new definition of the kilogram based on a fundamental constant of nature, rather than a physical…
International Collaboration Reveals Magnetization Textures in NiPd Nanostructures | NIST
Researchers from NIST and international collaborators have used advanced microscopy techniques to study the magnetic properties of…
Manipulating Multiple Lasers on a Single Chip: Paving the Way for a New Generation of Quantum Devices | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed a new chip-scale technology that can manipulate multiple laser beams simultaneously on a single chip. This…
No Liquid Helium, But Still Extremely Cool | NIST
NIST scientists have developed a compact, low-power cooling system for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) that…
Photons by the Numbers | NIST
NIST researchers are developing a new method to generate and count specific numbers of photons with high accuracy, which could have numerous…
Fundamental Constants: The Latest . . . and the Last? | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the 2014 recommended values of fundamental physical constants,…
Piece of Cake: Arrays of Long Nanotubes May Help Measure Terahertz Laser Power | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays (VANTAs) that can accurately measure absolute output power for…