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A brief history of the development of the NIST EBIT Facility: |
| 1991 |
First staff hired (Gillaspy). Begin preparation of laboratory
space, control electronics, etc. |
| 1992 |
Begin assembly of EBIT. |
| 1993 |
First trapped ions. |
| 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). |
| 1995 |
First extracted ions. |
| 1996 |
Beamline for extracted ions fully operational. Beamline
publications document record beam fluxes. |
| 1997 |
First ion-surface results submitted for publication. UHV Scanning Probe
Microscope (SPM) purchased, and installation begun. |
| 1998 |
SPM coupled to EBIT. Vibration isolation developed. Atomic
scale imaging demonstrated. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| 2002 |
International SEMATECH funding begins. Ion-gas collision studies with
extracted beams begin. Compilation of first 42 NIST EBIT papers
published. |
| 2003 |
DOE funding begins. Joseph Tan and Josh Pomeroy hired. EPSRC funding begins
(UK theory support for NIST EBIT work). First EUV spectroscopy. |
| 2004 |
Second generation Harvard-Smithsonian microcalorimeter deployed. Switchable
NRL MEVVA deployed. Belfast fellowship and collaboration. |
| 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). |
