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Metrology

Electrical / electromagnetic metrology

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thermal converter

AC-DC Difference

Ongoing
The NIST Ac-dc 2 Difference Project performs leading edge measurement services and research for ac-dc difference measurements and dc voltage metrology. We

Publications

The Quantum Electro-Mechanical Metrology Suite

Author(s)
Frank Seifert, Lorenz Keck, David B. Newell, Darine El Haddad
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is building a robust open-source hardware and software Quantum Electro-Mechanical Metrology Suite

Robotic Antenna Measurements

Author(s)
Josh Gordon
Robots excel at manipulating objects with 6 degree of freedom movement. A combination of well-defined kinematics, optimized control loops, and robust mechanical

Tools and Instruments

MBE Facility

Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Facility

The Applied Physics Division utilizes a fully automated, dual-chamber molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system for the growth of advanced, compound semiconductor