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Advanced infrared radiometry and imaging
Last Modified: 10/13/2011

Radiation thermometers and blackbodies can be calibrated using a set of blackbodies.  These blackbodies can vary in size and can be … more

Aperture area measurement facility
Last Modified: 12/15/2011

NIST has established an absolute aperture area measurement facility for circular and near-circular apertures use in radiometric instruments. The … more

Beamline 10: Electron beam imaging
Last Modified: 10/03/2011

Beamline 10 of the Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility is a diagnostics end-station used to determine the transverse size of the stored … more

Beamline 2: Spectrometer Calibrations
Last Modified: 10/03/2011

Absolute irradiance calibrations based on the calculability of synchrotron radiation are performed on beamline 2.

Beamline 3: Facility for Irradiance Calibration Using Synchrotrons
Last Modified: 10/03/2011

Beamline 3 is home to the Facility for Irradiance Calibration Using Synchrotrons (FICUS). FICUS takes advantage of the calculability of … more

Beamline 4: Ultraviolet Optical Properties and Calibrations
Last Modified: 10/03/2011

Beamline 4 is a general purpose radiometric beamline consists of a 2 m monochromator to disperse radiation from SURF III. An Absolute Cryogenic … more

Bidirectional optical scattering facility
Last Modified: 10/05/2010

Goniometric optical scatter instrument (GOSI) The bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) quantifies the angular distribution of … more

Color and appearance metrology facility
Last Modified: 10/03/2012

The NIST Physics Laboratory has established the color and appearance metrology facility to support calibration services for 0°/45° colored … more

Complete hemispherical infrared laser-based reflectometer (CHILR)
Last Modified: 10/05/2010

A custom instrument, the Complete Hemispherical infrared Laser-based Reflectometer (CHILR), employs a gold integrating sphere and is used for the … more

Continuous-wave terahertz spectrometer
Last Modified: 04/09/2012

The continuous-wave terahertz spectrometer makes use of two near-infrared lasers. The first laser is a fixed-frequency cw ring Ti:Sapp laser … more

Electronic Nanodevices Laboratory
Last Modified: 10/05/2010

We are developing measurement and fabrication capabilities for nanoscale characterization of electronic nanodevices relevant to energy transport, … more

EUV Detector Radiometry Beamline
Last Modified: 10/03/2011

The EUV Detector Radiometry Beamline (BL-9) is devoted to detector-based radiometry and other measurements of optical properties in the extreme … more

Facility for irradiance calibration using synchrotrons
Last Modified: 10/13/2011

The spectral irradiances of deuterium lamps from 200 nm to 400 nm are calibrated in the Facility for Irradiance Calibration Using Synchrotrons … more

Facility for spectroradiometric calibrations (FASCAL 2)
Last Modified: 10/13/2011

FASCAL 2 facility is solely dedicated to spectral irradiance scale realizations and calibrations. The spectral irradiance standards are calibrated … more

Facility for spectroradiometric calibrations (FASCAL)
Last Modified: 12/15/2011

The FASCAL has been in continuous operations since 1970s for the calibrations of spectral radiance of sources. The measurements are performed by … more

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