NAT'L INST. OF STAND & TECH NIST REFERENCE AlllOt OOTbMb PUBLICATIONS NISTIR 6838 PHYSICS LABORATORY Annual Report 2001 Katharine B.Gebbie, Director William R. Ott, Deputy Director Ph xsics Laboratory NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce .U56 #6838 2002 NISTIR 6838 PHYSICS LABORATORY Annual Report 2001 Katharine B.Gebbie, Director William R. Ott, Deputy Director Physics Laboratory January 2002 U.S. Department of Commerce Donald L. Evans, Secretary Technology Administration Phillip J. Bond, Under Secretaryfor Technolog}’ National Institute of Standards and Technology Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director DESCRIPTION OF COVER ILLUSTRATION The Physics Laboratory is assisting the U.S. Postal Service in the treatment of mail contaminated with anthrax at postal facilities in Washington, DC (Brentwood) and Trenton, NJ. Working with an interagency task force set up by the Office of Science and Technology, NIST has designed test boxes of mail with NIST reference dosimeters to establish the radiation dose delivered from industrial electron beam facilities. Tests have been carried out at an electron accelerator in Lima, OH and an electron cyclotron in Bridgeport, NJ. NIST measurements, shown here as dose maps with radiochromic film, indicate that the mail is receiving the dose required to inactivate bacillus anthracis. PHYSICS LABORATORY ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS v Agenda vii Charge to the Panel from the NIST Acting Director 1 Message from the Physics Laboratory Director 3 Introduction 5 Organization and Personnel 9 Rosters of Division Staff 1 7 List of NIST Associates 40 Summary of Staff by Type of Appointment 41 Program Planning 59 Physics Laboratory Offices 59 Fundamental Constants Data Center 61 Office of Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data 63 Electron and Optical Physics Division 73 Atomic Physics Division 87 Optical Technology Division 103 Ionizing Radiation Division 117 Time and Frequency Division 131 Quantum Physics Division Appendices 145 A. Awards and Honors 147 B. Publications 173 C. Invited Talks 187 D. Technical and Professional Committee Participation 199 E. Sponsored Workshops, Conference, and Symposia 201 F. Journal Editorships 203 G. Industrial Interactions 211 H. Other Agency Research and Consulting 217 1 . Calibration Services and Standard Reference Materials 227 J. Acronyms 239 K. Panel Roster iii Certain commercial equipment, instruments, or materials are identified in this report in order to specify the experimental procedure adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor is it intended to imply that the materials or equipment identified are necessarily the best available for the purpose. IV PHYSICS LABORATORY ANNUAL REPORT DRAFT AGENDA - 12/16/01 Meeting of the Panel for Physics February 19-21, 2002 Boulder, CO Tuesday, February 19 7:00 p.m. Reception at the Broker Inn, American Room, Boulder, CO Wednesday, February 20- Room GC-402, NOAA Building 8:00 a.m. Executive Session, including NRC discussion of panel balance and composition (Panel, NRC Staff) 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions - Janet Fender, Chair, Panel for Physics 9:00 a.m. Director's Welcome and Charge to Panel - Arden Bement, Director, NIST 9:30 a.m. Laboratory Overview - Katharine B. Gebbie, Director, Physics Laboratory 10:25 a.m. Discussion 10:45 a.m. Break 1 1:00 a.m. Physics Laboratory contributions to NIST Strategic Focus Areas: 1 1:00 Nanotechnology - Robert Celotta, NIST Fellow, Leader, Electron Physics Group 1 1:30 Quantum Information Program - David Wineland, NIST Fellow, Leader, Ion Storage Group 12:00 noon Lunch - GB-124, NOAA Building 1 :()() Health Care - Bert Coursey, Chief, Ionizing Radiation Division 1 :30 p.m. Poster Session 3:00 p.m. Laboratory Tours (3 tours for each of 3 groups) 4:00 p.m. Executive Session (Panel, NRC staff) 6:30 p.m. Cocktails and Dinner - Boulder Cork (Please place your dinner selection ticket at your seat to aid the wait staff in meat distribution) Thursday, February 21 - Room GC-402, NOAA Building 8:00 a.m. Executive Session (Panel, NRC staff) 1 1:00 a.m. Feedback Session with Laboratory Managers 12:00 noon Adjourn V UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899- OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR NOV 3 0 2001 MEMORANDUM FOR Board on Assessment of NIST Programs and Its Panels r From: Karen H. Brown Acting Director Subject: Charge to the National Research Council Board on Assessment of NIST Programs for the FY 2002 Evaluation I am extremely grateful to the members of the Board on Assessment and its panels for the time, effort, and expertise that all of you devote to evaluating the technical quality of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) laboratory programs. Your findings are a central component of our performance evaluation system and help NIST remain a top-quality science and technology agency serving the nation’s measurement needs. NIST highly values your hard work and insights in assessing our laboratory programs, and we look forward to working closely and productively with you in FY 2002. NIST’s mission is to develop and promote measurement, standards, and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life. The NIST Laboratories conduct research to anticipate future metrology and standards needs, to enable new scientific and technological advances, and to continuously improve and refine existing measurement methods and services. For FY 2002, 1 ask that the Board on Assessment continue your longstanding focus on assessing the technical merit and relevance of NIST’s laboratory programs. I also ask the Board to continue your focus on assessing the relevance of NIST work to the needs of our customers, a focus first emphasized last year. Potential demand for NIST measurement and standards will always exceed our limited resources. We ask the Board to continue to help us maximize the impact of our laboratory programs by focusing on the most significant needs of our customers. In summary, I ask the Board on Assessment to focus its FY 2002 assessment of the NIST Laboratories on four factors: • the technical merit of the laboratory programs relative to the state-of-the-art worldwide; • the effectiveness with which the laboratory programs are carried out and the results disseminated to their customers; • the relevance of the laboratory programs to the needs of their customers; and NIST • the ability of the Laboratories’ facilities, equipment, and human resources to enable the Laboratories to fulfill their mission and meet their customers’ needs. With its mix of experts from industry, academia, and government agencies, the Board is well positioned to help NIST evaluate its laboratory programs on each of these factors. As in past years, your findings will be valued not only by NIST but also by the Department of Commerce, the Administration, and Congress as they strive to ensure an optimal return on the public’s investment in NIST. The Board’s reports, statements, and briefings—based on independent and comprehensive expert peer review—are a cornerstone of NIST’s performance evaluation system and are featured prominently in our reports to the Administration and Congress under the terms of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). The Board’s annual published assessment is a thorough and comprehensive document of great value to NIST and our stakeholders. I would also like to discuss the opportunity for the Board to provide a brief executive summary in addition to the complete assessment to help more broadly disseminate the Board’s key findings. NIST expects that future scientific and technology advances will continue to be more interdisciplinary, including such fields as biosciences and health care, information technology, and nanotechnology. We thank the Board for their insight in experimenting with crosscutting panels to assess some of NIST’s interdisciplinary work, including the FY 2001 review of microelectronics programs and the upcoming FY 2002 review of measurement services. We look forward to working closely with the NRC BoA to evaluate the value and effectiveness of these reviews within the context of the overall review process. The Board can further help NIST’s performance evaluation process by tracking over time NIST’s responses to the Board’s findings and recommendations. Thus I ask the Board to include in your FY 2002 evaluation an assessment of NIST’s responses to your FY 2001 report. I look forward to discussing with the Board the possibility of systematically tracking NIST’s responses to your findings and recommendations from year to year and over several years in future evaluations. Thank you again for contributing your time and expertise to assess the quality and relevance of NIST’s laboratory programs. Your expert, objective appraisal is crucial to helping NIST continuously improve its programs and effectiveness. cc: Executive Board Program Office Dorothy Zolandz — PHYSICS LABORATORY ANNUAL REPORT MESSAGE TO THE PANEL FOR PHYSICS Katharine B. Gebbie My colleagues and I join our new Director, Arden the U.S. economy must await the team’s definition Benient, in welcoming you to the Panel for Physics. of the NIST focus within each area. We recognize the increasing demands on your time and appreciate your willingness to give us your PROGRAMMATIC BALANCE views on the technical merit, relevance and