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A brief history of the development of the NIST EBIT Facility:
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| 1991 |
First staff hired (Gillaspy). Begin preparation of laboratory space, control electronics, etc.
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| 1992 |
Begin assembly of EBIT.
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| 1993 |
First trapped ions.
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| 1994 |
First major atomic physics results submitted for publication [Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1716 (1995)]. Begin planning of ion-surface studies (5 year competence building funds secured). Second staff hired (Ratliff).
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| 1995 |
First extracted ions.
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| 1996 |
Beamline for extracted ions fully operational. Beamline publications document record beam fluxes.
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| 1997 |
First ion-surface results submitted for publication. UHV Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) purchased, and installation begun.
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| 1998 |
SPM coupled to EBIT. Vibration isolation developed. Atomic scale imaging demonstrated.
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| 1999 |
First in-situ images of surfaces bombarded with highly charged ions submitted for publication. Microcalorimeter installed by collaborators from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
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| 2000 |
Visible/UV work on Ti-like data complete (>125 cumulative citations to date). First data using microcalorimeter published. First QED results on He-like ions published (funded by ARC).
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| 2001 |
NASA funding begins. Intel asks NIST to deploy EBIT for EUV lithography. First low energy (<100 eV) EBIT operation. Invited HCI review article published in J. Phys. B.
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| 2002 |
International SEMATECH funding begins. Ion-gas collision studies with extracted beams begin. Compilation of first 42 NIST EBIT papers published.
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| 2003 |
DOE funding begins. Joseph Tan and Josh Pomeroy hired. EPSRC funding begins (UK theory support for NIST EBIT work). First EUV spectroscopy.
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| 2004 |
Second generation Harvard-Smithsonian microcalorimeter deployed. Switchable NRL MEVVA deployed. Belfast fellowship and collaboration.
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| 2005 |
Collaboration with NIH Radiation Oncology Branch begins. Fusion research agreements signed with JAERI and IAEA. First QED measurements on H-like ions performed (funded by ARC).
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