THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)/CENTER FOR NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CNST…

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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)/CENTER FOR NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CNST) ENABLES SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL MEASUREMENT METHODS, INSTRUMENTATION, AND STANDARDS TO SUPPORT ALL PHASES OF NANOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, FROM DISCOVERY TO PRODUCTION. VARIOUS RESEARCH GROUPS WITHIN THE CNST PERFORM SENSITIVE OPTICAL, OPTOELECTRONIC AND OPTOMECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS INCLUDING PUMP-PROBE MICROSCOPY, NONLINEAR OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY AND NANOSTRUCTURE DYNAMICS THAT REQUIRE VIBRATION ISOLATION. MULTIPLE OPTICAL TABLES ARE NEEDED FOR NEW EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING SETUP IN VARIOUS LABS WITHIN THE CNST. THE ACQUISITION OF THE OPTICAL TABLE IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A LOW-VIBRATION PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW EXPERIMENTS BEING BUILT AT CNST.