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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. 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. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27338.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations

AFM atomic force microscopy
AI artificial intelligence
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APS American Physical Society
BESSY-II Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gessellschaft fur Synchrotronsstrahlung
BIPM International Bureau of Weights and Measures
CMR construction and major renovations
CRF construction of research facilities
CU University of Colorado Boulder
CUP Central Utility Plant
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DEIA diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
DIAL Differential Absorption Light Detection and Ranging
FY fiscal year
HR Human Resources
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging
MGH Massachusetts General Hospital
MKID microwave kinetic inductance detector
MML Materials Measurement Laboratory
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
NCNR NIST Center for Neutron Research
NEP noise-equivalent power
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NSF National Science Foundation
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PECASE Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
PFC Physics Frontier Center
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. 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. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27338.
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PI principal investigator
PML Physical Measurement Laboratory
PPE personal protective equipment
QED Quantum Electromagnetics Division
QPD Quantum Physics Division
RAVEN Rapid Analysis of Various Emerging Nano-Electronics
RF radio frequency
SCMMR safety, capacity, maintenance, and major repairs
SEM scanning electron microscope
SI International System of Units
SQL standard quantum limit
SQUID Superconducting Quantum Interface Device
TES transition-edge sensor
TFD Time and Frequency Division
TPO Technology Partnership Office
TRL technology readiness level
USNO U.S. Naval Observatory
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
VCAT Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology
X-IFU X-ray integral field
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. 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. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27338.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. 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. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27338.
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Since 1959, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has annually commissioned the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to assess its various measurements and standards laboratories. This report appraises the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), assessing four divisions of PML situated at the NIST Boulder campus: the Applied Physics Division, the Time and Frequency Division, the Quantum Electromagnetics Division, and the Quantum Physics Division. The report compares the caliber of research at PML with similar international programs to determine whether programs adequately align with its objectives; assesses the range of scientific and technical expertise available within PML; considers the budget, facilities, equipment, and Human Resources to bolster PML technical endeavors and contribute to the fulfillment of its goals; and assesses the efficacy of PML methods for disseminating the products of its work.

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