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Navy Receives Three Patents on Laser-Based Technologies

September 19, 2019 Office

NORCO, Calif. — The Navy was recently awarded three U.S. patents, developed by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, for laser-based air biosensors for remote detection, real-time monitoring and control of biological chemicals including biohazards. […]

Angle measurement under pressure | PTB News

September 17, 2019 Office

PTB News 2.2019 High-precision angle measurements carried out by means of autocollimators are significantly influenced by the refractive index of air – and thus in particular by the ambient pressure. When comparing measurements that have […]

Taking The Heat: New High for NIST’s ‘Light Force’ Laser Power Meter | NIST

May 1, 2018 Office

May 1, 2018 – Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been developing a novel way of measuring laser power. Their device, called the Radiation Pressure Power Meter (RPPM), makes its […]

AXIe Consortium and Multiple Companies Announce Optical Communication Standard for Instrumentation Systems

October 2, 2017 Office

NIWOT, CO–(Marketwired – October 02, 2017) – The AXIe Consortium announced a new specification, Optical Data Interface, suitable for high-speed instrumentation systems addressing challenging applications in 5G communications, mil/aero, and advanced communication research. The AXIe […]

Progress Toward Radiation-Pressure-Based Measurement of High-Power Laser Emission

May 26, 2015 Office

by Paul A. Williams, Joshua A. Hadler, Daniel King, Robert Lee, Frank C. Maring, Gordon A. Shaw, Nathan A. Tomlin, Marla L. Dowell, John H. Lehman We present an overview of our efforts toward using […]

NIST Gives Astronomers a Better Ruler in the Search for Extrasolar Planets

March 26, 2014 Office

NIST Tech Beat March 26, 2014 – Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have rejuvenated a technique for finding planets near distant stars.* New measurements of light from special lamps could […]

The Metrology of Counting Protein Particles

August 15, 2013 Office

by Dean C. Ripple, Michael J. Carrier, Richard E. Cavicchi, Christopher B. Montgomery, and Zhishang Hu A common degradation pathway for protein-based drugs is the growth of protein aggregates or particles. Counting and characterization of […]

Yokogawa Announces New Optical Wavelength Meter

November 20, 2012 Office

For well over a decade, Yokogawa has been one of the global market leaders in optical wavelength instruments, with the company’s line of quality and innovative optical spectrum analyzers (OSA). We are building off our […]