Tiny Spectrometer Offers Precision Laser Calibration (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Tiny Spectrometer Offers Precision Laser Calibration

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Photographed adjacent to an ordinary green pea, NIST's microfabricated spectrometer consists of a tiny container of atoms, a photodetector and miniature optics.

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Svenja Knappe/NIST

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