About the Electron and Optical Physics Division
The Division, part of
NIST's Physics
Laboratory,
develops measurement capabilities needed by emerging electronic and optical
technologies, particularly those required for submicrometer fabrication and
analysis. In pursuit of this mission, it maintains an array of research,
measurement, and calibration activities.
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Research Areas
The Electron and
Optical Physics Division is divided into two groups: |
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Photon Physics
Group: performs research in the areas of far ultraviolet and extreme
ultraviolet (EUV) physics. |
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Far Ultraviolet Physics Group: is
responsible for SURF III operations and for source-based radiometry
and calibration services in the far UV and soft x-ray spectral
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Princess Sumaya of Jordan receives a Department of Commerce CD-184 Certificate
of Recognition from Dr. Katharine Gebbie, Director of the NIST Physics
Laboratory, for excellence in synchrotron radiation facility operation.
On May 23, 2007, HRH Princess Sumaya bint Al Hassan of Jordan, the President of
the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan (RSS), toured the SURF III
Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility. The RSS includes the National
Metrology Institute, which is NIST's Jordanian counterpart, and Princess Sumaya
was shown the various synchrotron-based optical metrology programs supported by
SURF. In the first Royal Injection Sequence ever performed at SURF, or perhaps
at any synchrotron radiation facility, the Princess injected a 380 MeV electron
beam carrying 700 mA of current: a nice future goal for the SESAME
synchrotron facility, which is currently under construction in Jordan. During
2000-2001, SURF hosted the first SESAME Fellow, Prof. Galila Mehena of Cairo
University, whose stay was partially supported by the U.S. Department of
Energy.
Technical inquiries:
Charles Clark
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8410
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8410
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