John (Merv) Bridges

Contact Information Atomic Physics Division 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8422 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422 phone: 301-975-8985 fax: 301-975-3038

Curriculum Vitae

• National Institute of Standards and Technology, Contractor, 1997 - Present
• National Institute of Standards and Technology, Physicist, 1961 - 1997
• University of Maryland, Ph D 1966
• Auburn University, BEP 1957

Research Interests

• Plasma Spectroscopy with stabilized arcs
• Determination of Atomic Transition Probabilities from emission line measurements
• Ultraviolet Radiometry; Development and calibration of vacuum-ultraviolet and near-ultraviolet standard radiometric sources

Sample Publications

1. "Transition probabilities for the 3s ³S^o - 4p ³P and 3s ⁵S^o - 4p ⁵P multiplets in OI,"
   J.M. Bridges and W.L. Wiese,
   Phys. Rev. A 57(6), 4960 (1998).


2. "Oscillator strengths for NII lines, including intersystem lines, and tests of the spectroscopic coupling scheme,"
   J. Musielok, J.M. Bridges, S. Djurovic, and W.L. Wiese,
   Phys. Rev. A 53(5), (1996).


3. "Characterization of argon arc source in the infrared,"
   J.M. Bridges and A.L. Migdall,
   Metrologia 32, 625 (1995).


4. "Irradiances of spectral lines in mercury pencil lamps,"
   J. Reader, C.J. Sansonetti and J.M. Bridges,
   Appl. Opt. 35(1), 78 (1996).


5. "Investigation of a laser-produced plasma VUV light source,"
   J.M. Bridges. C.L. Cromer and T.J. McIlrath,
   Appl. Opt. 25, 2208 (1986).


6. "Vacuum ultraviolet radiometry. 3. The argon mini-arc as a new secondary standard of spectral radiance,"
   J.M. Bridges and W.R. Ott,
   Appl. Opt. 16, 367 (1977).


7. "Arc Measurements of Fe I Oscillator Strengths,"
   J.M. Bridges and R.L. Kornblith,
   Ap. J. 192, 793, (1974).

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