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4 Fundamental Electromagnetic Technologies and Standards
4 Fundamental Electromagnetic Technologies and Standards
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The Radio Frequency Technology Division does, however, need to continue to seek support to upgrade facilities that are currently lacking. The current state of these facilities hinders its ability to provide services related to standards testing.
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It was clearly communicated that equipment upgrades are needed. With the pandemic constraints, the Radio Frequency Technology Division made significant efforts to move forward by developing alternative solutions for in-person and remote access to work in response to the pandemic.
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Area-Wide Challenges and Opportunities The collaboration between the superconducting and electromagnetic research groups within the Radio Frequency Technology Division offers even greater potential for advancement by applying these technologies to support the other research focus areas. Continued investigation in enabling quantum computing and sensing can revolutionize communication, networking, and other related industries through high-performance and energy-efficient components.
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Projects focused on characterizing uncertainty of radio frequency quantities, extending the frequency range coverage of measurement technology, and addressing emerging new applications are appropriately chosen to ensure that the Radio Frequency Technology Division can reach its technical objectives for stakeholders in academia, government, and industry. Accomplishments Projects chosen within the FETS research focus area simultaneously focus on enhancing existing classical radio frequency metrology and developing new quantum-based metrology to address industry trends and needs.
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The Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards Reference direct current-to-direct current comparison agreement is 3 × 10–11 V/V, an order of magnitude better than previous electrochemical battery artifacts. In addition, this technology has been leveraged to develop the Josephson Arbitrary Waveform synthesis at radio frequencies with statistical uncertainty below 1 × 10–7, which is more than two orders of magnitude better than current alternating current calibrators.
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Lastly, critical to the Radio Frequency Technology Division's core function of providing accurate measurements, CTL completed a 5-year quality assessment of the division's measurement services in 2020. In 2021, the Radio Frequency Technology Division also received re-approval from the InterAmerican Metrology System and had the first quality management system that NIST accredited to the full requirements of the new ISO/IEC standard 7025:2017.
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If external funding is not available at this time, an IMS project could be the best vehicle for such an investigation. Calibrations -- Ebbs and Flows The Radio Frequency Technology Division quality assessment conducted in 2020 provided the number of calibrations performed each year from 2016 to 2020.
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6 Other high-performing areas include leading efforts for precision materials measurements as well as quantum voltage measurements that are both essential for emerging topics of high priority to industry in heterogeneous integration and advanced devices as well as in computing. Challenges and Opportunities Since the National Academies' 2019 assessment, 7 the Radio Frequency Technology Division experienced several leadership changes resulting in acting personnel for division chief and three group leader roles.
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define specific strategies that integrate diversity goals into the Radio Frequency Technology Division's workforce generation strategies to account for its unique challenges in recruiting diverse researchers in this field, and (2) use select projects from the FETS focus area that will impact the broader lay community to 8 See https://www.nist.gov/about-nist.
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FUNDAMENTAL ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGIES AND STANDARDS 33 support national awareness of CTL's research, offer technical access, and expose the broader community to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics work opportunities.
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