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Scanning Microwave Ellipsometer And Performing Scanning Microwave Ellipsometry

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Chris Long , Nate Orloff and Edward Garboczi
New strong, light, and compact formed carbon fiber components require shorter, higher-aspect ratio carbon fibers. Shorter carbon fibers must be aligned to realize the desired tensile strength. Before this invention, industry lacked a tool to characterize carbon fiber alignment for inline quality

Josephson Voltage Standard

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Samuel P. Benz , Paul Dresselhaus , Alain Rufenacht , Nathan Flowers-Jacobs and Anna Fox
A Josephson voltage standard includes: electrical conductors that receive bias currents and radiofrequency biases; a first Josephson junction array that: includes a first Josephson junction and produces a first voltage reference from the first bias current and the third bias current; a second

Temporal Jitter Analyzer And Analyzing Temporal Jitter

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Joshua Bienfang
A temporal jitter analyzer analyzes temporal jitter and includes: a time delay controller; a time delay member; a delay measurement circuit; an edge generator in communication with the time delay member and that receives the delayed primary signal from the time delay member and produces a reference

Fluxonic Processor And Processing Photonic Synapse Events

A fluxonic processor includes processes photonic synapse events and includes a transmitter that receives neuron signal and produces output photons; a neuron that receives a dendrite signal and produces the neuron signal from the dendrite signal; a dendrite that receives a synapse signal, and
Block diagram of the Rydberg atom "mixer". The Rydberg atoms separate the difference frequency (IF) from two RF signals (LO and SIG). This demodulated signal is carried in the probe laser.

Rydberg Atom Mixer and Determining Phase of Modulated Carrier Radiation

NIST Inventors
Josh Gordon , Christopher L. Holloway and Matt Simons
A Rydberg atom mixer determines a phase of modulated carrier radiation and includes: a reference radiofrequency source for reference radiofrequency radiation; a modulated carrier source for modulated carrier radiation; a vapor cell to contain gas atoms and that receives reference radiofrequency

Ultrafast Electro-optic Laser

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Scott Papp , Scott Diddams and David Carlson
An ultrafast electro-optic laser makes a stabilized comb and includes: a comb generator that produces a frequency comb; a dielectric resonant oscillator; a phase modulator in communication with the dielectric resonant oscillator; an intensity modulator in communication with the phase modulator; an

Quasi-Systolic Processor and Quasi-Systolic Array

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Matthew Daniels , Mark D. Stiles and Advait Madhavan
A quasi-systolic array includes: a primary quasi-systolic processor; an edge row bank and edge column bank of edge quasi-systolic processors; and an interior bank of interior quasi-systolic processors. The primary quasi-systolic processor, edge quasi-systolic processor, and interior quasi-systolic

Light Article

NIST Inventors
Babak Nikoobakht
Methods are disclosed for uniformly charging nanocrystals. Using these methods large area interfaces per nanocrystal can be formed for electrically powering or operating nanocrystals. The formed metal- interfaces, including metal- semiconductor and semiconductor- semiconductor, are structurally

Photoacoustic Photon Meter And Process For Measuring Photon Fluence

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Kimberly A. Briggman , Chris Yung , Jeeseong C. Hwang and John H. Lehman
A photoacoustic photon meter includes: a photoacoustic generative array including carbon nanotubes disposed in a photoacoustic generating pattern, such that the carbon nanotubes: receive photons comprising optical energy, and produce thermal energy from the optical energy; and a superstratum

Absolute Mass Balance

NIST Inventors
Leon Chao and Jon R. Pratt
An absolute mass balance determines an absolute mass of an object and includes: a dual diameter wheel including: a balance fulcrum; and a balance beam disposed on the balance fulcrum and including: a main mass arm and a counter mass arm; a main mass receiver that receives the object; a main magnet

Non-Vacuum, Non-Contact Spinner Wafer Chuck

NIST Inventors
Glenn Holland
A non-vacuum, non-contact spinner wafer chuck including: a basal member including; a fastener receiver that receives a fastener; a chuck collar including: an inner collar wall; and an outer collar wall; and an engagement surface that: receives and engages a wafer; a wafer engagement cam including

Heisenberg Scaler

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Alexey Gorshkov and James(Trey) Porto
A Heisenberg scaler reduces noise in quantum metrology and includes: a stimulus source that provides physical stimuli; a physical system including quantum sensors that receive a first and second physical stimuli; produces a measured action parameter; receives an perturbation pulse; and produces

Gateless P-N Junction Metrolog

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Albert F. Rigosi
A gateless P-N junction metrolog includes: a junction member including: a p-interface; and an n-interface disposed laterally and adjacent to the p-interface; and a p-n junction disposed at where the p-interface and n-interface contact; a drain electrode disposed on the junction member; a source

Di-enzymatic Chimeric Endolysin

NIST Inventors
Zvi Kelman
Bacteriophage-derived endolysins have great potential as alternative antimicrobial agents for Gram-positive bacterial infectious diseases, as they are peptidoglycan hydrolases that can destroy susceptible bacteria when applied exogenously. Due to the modular structure of endolysins, engineering
Patent description for Critical-Dimension Localization Microscopy

Apparatus for Critical-Dimension Localization Microscopy

NIST Inventors
Samuel M. Stavis and Craig Copeland
Performing critical-dimension localization microscopy includes: subjecting a first dimensional member and a second dimensional member of a reference artifact to critical-dimension metrology, the first and second dimensional members, in combination, including a critical dimension and each

Uniaxial Counter-Propagating Monolaser Atom Trap

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Stephen Eckel , James A. Fedchak , Julia Scherschligt , Daniel Barker , Eric Norrgard and Nikolai Klimov
A uniaxial counter-propagating monolaser atom trap cools and traps atoms with a single a laser beam and includes: an atom slower that slows atoms to form slowed atoms; an optical diffractor including: a first diffraction grating that receives primary light and produces first reflected light; a
Patent Images and description for 10,955,617

High-Resolution Photonic Thermometer Article

NIST Inventors
Kevin O Douglass , Zeeshan Ahmed and Nikolai Klimov
A high-resolution photonic thermometer article performs high-resolution thermometry and includes: a light source; a photonic thermometer with a waveguide and a photonic crystal cavity that stores light; a photodetector in communication with the photonic thermometer; a phase sensitive detector in
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