NIST data underpins new reference work. (News Briefs).A group of 17 scientists at Kobe University It was established in 1949, and comprises nine graduate schools and eleven faculties. The university holds a total of about 15,000 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. , Japan, have published an extensive set of data entitled Doppler-Free High Resolution Spectral Atlas of Iodine Molecule, 15000 to 19000 [cm.sup.-1]. The set consists of four volumes, each having more than 1000 pages. The spectral plots and numerical data Numerical data (or quantitative data) is data measured or identified on a numerical scale. Numerical data can be analysed using statistical methods, and results can be displayed using tables, charts, histograms and graphs. in these volumes are to be used as a source of precision reference wavelengths for researchers working with very-narrow-band tunable lasers in the green and red regions of the spectrum. The work was carried out under the auspices of the Japanese Research Promotion Committee of Photoscience. Calibration of the absolute wavelength scale for this work was based on precision measurements of wavelengths for the iodine molecule by a NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. scientist published in the Journal of the Optical Society of America The Optical Society of America (OSA) is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of light—optics and photonics—in theory and application, by means of worldwide research, scientific publishing, conferences and exhibitions, partnership with industry, and the in 1997. In recognition of this contribution, the project leader at Kobe University has presented NIST with a set of these volumes together with a laudatory laud·a·to·ry adj. Expressing or conferring praise: a laudatory review of the new play. laudatory Adjective (of speech or writing) expressing praise Adj. letter about the value the NIST measurements to their large project. CONTACT: Craig Sansonetti, (301) 975-3223; craig.sansonetti@nist.gov. |
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