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Physical Measurement Laboratory

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NIST Requests Funding Proposals for Projects in Precision Measurement

December 6, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting proposals for the next round of funding in its long-running Precision Measurement Grant

Quantum Computer Components 'Coalesce' to 'Converse'

October 25, 2011

If quantum computers are ever to be realized, they likely will be made of different types of parts that will need to share information with one another, just

NIST/JQI Researcher Ian Spielman to Receive 2011 Junior BEC Award

August 30, 2011

Ian Spielman, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaborative enterprise of

Ion Armageddon: Measuring the Impact Energy of Highly Charged Ions

August 30, 2011

Much like a meteor impacting a planet, highly charged ions hit really hard and can do a lot of damage, albeit on a much smaller scale. And much like geologists

Better 'Photon Loops' May Be Key to Computer and Physics Advances

August 22, 2011

Surprisingly, transmitting information-rich photons thousands of miles through fiber-optic cable is far easier than reliably sending them just a few nanometers

The Constants They Are A Changin': NIST Posts Latest Adjustments to Fundamental Figures

July 19, 2011

The electromagnetic force has gotten a little stronger, gravity a little weaker, and the size of the smallest "quantum" of energy is now known a little better

NIST's Charles Clark Named Co-Director of the Joint Quantum Institute

May 10, 2011

Physicist Charles Clark of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been named a co-director of the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a

New Calculations on Blackbody Energy Set the Stage for Clocks with Unprecedented Accuracy

May 6, 2011

A team of physicists from the United States and Russia announced today that it has developed a means for computing, with unprecedented accuracy, a tiny

The First Non-Trivial Atom Circuit: Progress towards an Atom SQUID

March 30, 2011

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland (UM) have created the first nontrivial "atom circuit,"

Charge It: Neutral Atoms Made to Act Like Electrically Charged Particles

March 30, 2011

Completing the story they started by creating synthetic magnetic fields, scientists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National

ultracold gas of nearly 200,000 rubidium-87 atoms

JQI Physicists Demonstrate Coveted 'Spin-Orbit Coupling' for the First Time in Ultracold Atomic Gases

March 2, 2011

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the

Popular Science Magazine Names Spielman One of Science's 'Brilliant Ten'

October 13, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Ian Spielman is highlighted in the November, 2010, issue of Popular Science, where the magazine's editors

NIST Ultraviolet Source Helps NASA Spacecraft Measure the Origins of Space Weather

August 31, 2010

With a brilliant, finely tuned spark of ultraviolet (UV) light, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) helped NASA scientists

Beware the Dim Laser Pointer: NIST Researchers Measure High Infrared Power Levels from Some Green Lasers

August 3, 2010

Green laser pointers have become a popular consumer item, delivering light that's brighter to the eye than red lasers, but stories have circulated on the Web

NIST Physicist Named Outstanding Young Scientist of 2010 by Maryland Academy of Sciences

May 11, 2010

Ian Spielman, a physicist at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University

$A single photon travels through alternating layers of low (blue) and high (green) refractive index material more slowly (top) or quickly (bottom) depending upon the order of the layers.$

Quantum Measurement Division

News and Updates

NIST Requests Funding Proposals for Projects in Precision Measurement

Quantum Computer Components 'Coalesce' to 'Converse'

NIST/JQI Researcher Ian Spielman to Receive 2011 Junior BEC Award

Ion Armageddon: Measuring the Impact Energy of Highly Charged Ions

Better 'Photon Loops' May Be Key to Computer and Physics Advances

The Constants They Are A Changin': NIST Posts Latest Adjustments to Fundamental Figures

NIST's Charles Clark Named Co-Director of the Joint Quantum Institute

New Calculations on Blackbody Energy Set the Stage for Clocks with Unprecedented Accuracy

The First Non-Trivial Atom Circuit: Progress towards an Atom SQUID

Charge It: Neutral Atoms Made to Act Like Electrically Charged Particles

JQI Physicists Demonstrate Coveted 'Spin-Orbit Coupling' for the First Time in Ultracold Atomic Gases

Popular Science Magazine Names Spielman One of Science's 'Brilliant Ten'

NIST Ultraviolet Source Helps NASA Spacecraft Measure the Origins of Space Weather

Beware the Dim Laser Pointer: NIST Researchers Measure High Infrared Power Levels from Some Green Lasers

NIST Physicist Named Outstanding Young Scientist of 2010 by Maryland Academy of Sciences

Stacking the Deck: Single Photons Observed at Seemingly Faster-than-Light Speeds

Everlasting Quantum Wave: NIST Physicists Predict New Form of Soliton in Ultracold Gases

JQI Researchers Create 'Synthetic Magnetic Fields' for Neutral Atoms

NIST Team Demystifies Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices

Time Magazine Names JQI Work Among Year's Best Inventions

JQI Researchers Create Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots

NIST Physicists Turn to Radio Dial for Finer Atomic Matchmaking

Webinars on Planning for Smart Grid Panel Announced

New Nanochemistry Technique Encases Single Molecules in Microdroplets

Diamonds May Be the Ultimate MRI Probe, Say Quantum Physicists

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