40 laser positions at NIST

Laser Cooling and Trapping of Neutral Atoms

We use laser-cooling and trapping of neutral atoms as the basis for a wide variety of applications to fundamental and practical problems. Our laboratory pioneered many of the key techniques used

Laser-Matter Interactions in Extreme Ultraviolet Atom Probe Tomography

RAP opportunity at National Institute of Standards and Technology     NIST Laser-Matter Interactions in Extreme Ultraviolet Atom Probe Tomography Location Physical Measurement Laboratory, Applied

Atomic Devices and Instrumentation with Laser-Cooled Atoms

RAP opportunity at National Institute of Standards and Technology     NIST Atomic Devices and Instrumentation with Laser-Cooled Atoms Location Physical Measurement Laboratory, Time and Frequency

Micro- and Nano-Optomechanical Systems

“phonon laser,” for which we are interested in developing applications. We are now exploring high-contrast gratings with a 2D periodicity, and active-cavity devices based on these structures. In related

Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization in Engineered Polymeric Materials

polymeric systems during their service lives in energy, infrastructure, and other applications. Both microscopic (atomic force microscopy, electric force microscopy, laser scanning confocal microscopy and

Measurement Science for 21st Century Astronomy and Earth Science

responsivity Calibrations using Uniform Sources; and LBIR, the Low Background Infrared Facility. The SIRCUS Facility consists of a suite of lasers, absolute detectors, integrating spheres, and other optical

Metrology and Prototyping of Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Quantum Nanowire Structures and Devices

piezoelectric, transport, and optoelectronic phenomena. Current device interests include nanowire lasers, LEDs, photodetectors (primarily in the UV), solar cells, UV and visible light emitters (i.e., for solid

Measurement Science and Services for Isotope Metallomics

measurement results. A wide variety of analytical techniques including ICP (single- and multi-collector) mass spectrometry, orbitrap (Q-exactive, LUMOS), tandem ICP-MS/MS, laser ablation for spatial analysis

Biophysics of Conformational Folding at the Single Molecule Level: RNA, DNA, Riboswitches, and Ribozymes

single photon counting, nucleoproteins, CRISPR/CAS9, riboswitches, high pressure The ability to “see” single biomolecules with laser microscopy has led to a revolution in research opportunities

Electro-optic frequency combs

frequency combs generated from a continuous-wave laser." Optics Letters 39(9): 2688-2690. [2] Long, D. A., et al. (2022). "Nanosecond time-resolved dual-comb absorption spectroscopy." arXiv:2212.01407