An Assessment of the Divisions of the Physical Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Located in Boulder, Colorado Fiscal Year 2023 (2024) / Chapter Skim
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To fulfill its mission, the division has developed world-class expertise in radiometry, spectroscopy, sensing, quantitative imaging, quantum measurements, and advanced communications, among other areas, with a specific focus on such capabilities as optical power measurements, quantum information, magnetic imaging, terahertz imaging research, optical frequency combs research, and quantum nanostructure characterization. The division also operates a state-of-the-art precision imaging facility used to characterize devices that are important to advancing measurement science, standards, and services.
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As transmon qubits operate in approximately the 5 GHz regime, expertise in microwave quantum optics is critical, and the group within the Applied Physics Division does a superb job in producing high-quality research, publishing in well-respected international journals, and creating overall work that competes with the best in the world. The entangled mechanical resonators are but one example of this exciting work.
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The project is an illustration of how the Applied Physics Division collaborates effectively across boundaries (e.g., the additional application of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors) and how innovation is encouraged from the bottom up: the project is a recipient of an Innovations in Measurement Science award.
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Current AI support for this type of work appears to come from the NIST Information Technology Laboratory, but it is unclear whether this is sufficient. Recommendation 3-1: The Applied Physics Division should consider incorporating artificial intelligence (AI)
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There are also few opportunities for obtaining additional expensive equipment. Thus, while funding for current activities is adequate, without additional funding the Applied Physics Division could not act on Recommendations 3-1 and 3-3.
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These instruments would greatly benefit the materials efforts within the Applied Physics Division. Given that molecular-beam epitaxy is an important growth modality, the suggested characterization tools would optimize and accelerate such process development, including searching for deleterious impurities.
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There have been several serious safety incidents at NIST recently, including a problem with a research nuclear reactor because of an improperly latched fuel rod and a fatality during the demolition of a test structure. According to staff, the Applied Physics Division has periodic safety walk-throughs about every 6 months, which seemed to be less frequent than necessary and not best practices for a research organization with such risks as high-power lasers, power supplies with dangerous voltages, and chemical hazards.
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This would be an opportunity for Applied Physics Division to broaden its impact in measurement science. Key Recommendation 4: The Applied Physics Division should create opportunities to take part in more collaborations that address critical industry needs in measurement science and to generate support for such work.
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