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        Microwave Detectors and Multiplexing: NIST Researchers Help Astronomers Examine the Early Universe
                        January 24, 2024Perched atop a high plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert, a long-awaited observatory is beginning to take shape: the largest suite of ground-based telescopes
  NIST Researchers Help Design a Prototype Quantum Computer
                        December 20, 2023Researchers have created a prototype quantum computer with a record number of qubits—the analog of bits in an ordinary computer—capable of performing logical
  New Frequency Comb Can Identify Molecules in 20-Nanosecond Snapshots
                        October 30, 2023Laser-based system now has the ability to capture moment-to-moment details of high-speed processes such as hypersonic propulsion and protein folding.

    

  
  

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        Far-infrared Spectroscopy of Biomolecules (Archived)
                  CompletedFar-infrared (or terahertz/THz, ca. 25 to 300 micron wavelength) femtosecond pulsed laser and Fourier-transform infrared methods are employed to measure
  Platform for Realizing Integrated Molecule Experiments (PRIME)
                  OngoingPRIME (Platform for Realizing Integrated Molecule Experiments) aims to establish primary, quantum-based realizations for both the radiometric watt and kelvin
  High-accuracy Laboratory Spectroscopic Measurements of Atmospheric Gases for Monitoring Greenhouse Gases
                  OngoingClimate science increasingly relies on satellite- and ground-based spectrometers for the top-down inventories of atmospheric greenhouse gases, most notably
  Cold-atom-based sensor for measuring pressure in the ultra-high vacuum domain
                  OngoingNIST is building a cold-atom vacuum sensor (CAVS) that will be able to measure pressures in the ultra-high vacuum (UHV) regime corresponding to pressures less

    

  
  

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				Far-infrared Spectroscopy of Biomolecules (Archived)
                  CompletedFar-infrared (or terahertz/THz, ca. 25 to 300 micron wavelength) femtosecond pulsed laser and Fourier-transform infrared methods are employed to measure
  Platform for Realizing Integrated Molecule Experiments (PRIME)
                  OngoingPRIME (Platform for Realizing Integrated Molecule Experiments) aims to establish primary, quantum-based realizations for both the radiometric watt and kelvin
  High-accuracy Laboratory Spectroscopic Measurements of Atmospheric Gases for Monitoring Greenhouse Gases
                  OngoingClimate science increasingly relies on satellite- and ground-based spectrometers for the top-down inventories of atmospheric greenhouse gases, most notably
  Cold-atom-based sensor for measuring pressure in the ultra-high vacuum domain
                  OngoingNIST is building a cold-atom vacuum sensor (CAVS) that will be able to measure pressures in the ultra-high vacuum (UHV) regime corresponding to pressures less

    

  
  

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        Zeeman-resolved Autler-Townes splitting in Rydberg atoms with a tunable RF resonance and a single transition dipole moment
                        February 21, 2024
                  Author(s)
                                Noah  Schlossberger,   Drew  Rotunno,   Aly  Artusio-Glimpse,   Nik  Prajapati,   Samuel  Berweger,   Dangka  Shylla,   Matt  Simons,   Christopher L.  HollowayApplying a magnetic field as a method for tuning the frequency of Autler-Townes splitting for Rydberg electrometry has recently been demonstrated. In this
  Individual addressing and state readout of trapped ions utilizing rf micromotion
                        February 12, 2024
                  Author(s)
                                Nathan  Lysne,   Justin  Niedermeyer,   Andrew C.  Wilson,   Daniel  Slichter,   Dietrich  Leibfried
  Broadband dual-comb hyperspectral imaging and adaptable spectroscopy with programmable frequency combs
                        January 29, 2024
                  Author(s)
                                Fabrizio  Giorgetta,   Jean-Daniel  deschenes,   Richard L.  LIEBER,   Ian  Coddington,   Nathan  Newbury,   Esther  BaumannWe explore the advantages of a free-form dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) platform based on the time programmable frequency comb for real time penalty-free apodized
  Comprehensive Quantum Calculation of the First Dielectric Virial Coefficient of Water
                        January 12, 2024
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                                Giovanni  Garberoglio,   Chiara  Lissoni,   Luca  Spagnoli,   Allan H.  HarveyWe present a complete calculation, fully accounting for quantum effects and for molecular flexibility, of the first dielectric virial coefficient of water and

  

  

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        2023 APL Rising Stars Collection - Benedikt Hampel, Daniel Slichter, Dietrich Leibfried, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Varun VermaThe Rising Stars Collection features notable APL papers by emerging investigators. These papers were identified by the editors and Rising
  2023 Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize - Adam KaufmanKaufman shares the $100,000 prize with selected winners, all from different institutions (Hannes Bernien, Manuel Endres, Kang-Kuen Ni
  2021 APS Fellow - Alexander KramidaFor developing highly effective methods for uncertainty quantification, and for the evaluation of atomic spectroscopic data and its
  2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics - Jun YeYe has been a physicist at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, for more than 20 years. The prize

    

  
  

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