Physics Laboratory Vision, Mission, Goals, etc.
PL Vision
Preeminent performance in measurement science, technology, and services.
PL Mission
The mission of the NIST Physics Laboratory is to support U.S. industry, government, and the scientific community by providing measurement services and research for electronic, optical, and radiation technology. The Laboratory provides the foundation for metrology of optical and ionizing radiation, time and frequency, and fundamental quantum processes.
PL Divisions
Physics Laboratory is organized into six divisions that are vertically integrated, with projects ranging from basic and applied research to measurement services. Division scientists collaborate with one another, with other organizations within NIST, and with partners outside of NIST in interdisciplinary activities related to health care quality assurance, nanotechnology, homeland security, defense preparedness, information technology, and environmental and energy applications.
Electron and Optical Physics
Division: to support emerging electronic, optical, and nanoscale
technologies.
Atomic Physics Division: to
determine atomic properties and investigate fundamental quantum interactions.
Optical Technology Division:
to provide the foundation of optical radiation measurements for our Nation.
Ionizing Radiation Division:
to provide the foundation of ionizing radiation measurements for our Nation.
Time and Frequency
Division: to provide the foundation of frequency measurements and
civil timekeeping for our Nation.
Quantum Physics Division: to
make transformational advances at the frontiers of measurement science, in
partnership with the University of Colorado at JILA.
Office of Electronics Commerce in Scientific and
Engineering Data: to coordinate and facilitate the electronic
dissemination of information via the Internet.
PL Resources
- 185 full-time staff (152 scientific) with expertise in:
- - Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
- - Computational physics
- - Condensed matter physics
- - Health physics
- - Medical physics
- - Nuclear physics
- - Biophysics
- - Chemistry
- - Metrology and precision measurement
- $75 million annual budget
- Unique facilities, including:
- - Bidirectional Optical Scattering Facility
- - Center for High-Accuracy Retroreflection Measurements (CHARM)
- - Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT)
- - Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Facility
- - EUV Optics Fabrication and Characterization Facility
- - High-Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometry
- - High-Illuminance Standards and Calibration Facility
- - High-Resolution UV and Optical Spectroscopy Facility
- - W.M. Keck Optical Measurement Laboratory
- - Low-Background Infrared Radiation Facility (LBIR)
- - Magnetic Microstructure Measurement Facility
- - Mammographic X-Ray Instrument Calibration Range
- - Medical-Industrial Radiation Facility (MIRF)
- - Nanoscale Physics Laboratory
- - Neutron Imaging Facility
- - Neutron Interferometer and Optics Facility (NIOF)
- - Neutron Detector Test Facility
- - Radiopharmaceutical Standardization Laboratory
- - Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibrations with Uniform Sources (SIRCUS) Facility
- - Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (SURF III)
- Standard time dissemination services:
- - Radio stations WWV, WWVH, and WWVB
- - Automated Computer Time Service (ACTS)
- - Internet Time Service (ITS)
- Measurement and calibration services for:
- - Color and color temperature
- - Dosimetry of x rays, gamma rays, and charged particles
- - Neutron sources and neutron dosimetry
- - Optical properties of materials
- - Optical wavelength
- - Oscillator frequency
- - Phase and amplitude noise
- - Photodiode spectral responsivity
- - Photometry (e.g., luminous intensity, luminous flux, illuminance)
- - Radiance temperature
- - Radiation detectors
- - Radioactivity sources
- - Spectral radiance and irradiance
- - Spectral transmittance and reflectance
PL Website
- http://physics.nist.gov/
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Address
- Physics Laboratory
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8400
- Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8400
- Telephone: 301-975-4200
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