DEVELOPMENTS AT NIST POC: Marcia Salkeld (301) 975-4188. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a number of new devices and methods involving a variety of technologies. In certain cases other parties have participated in the development of these technologies. Anyone interested in the further development of any of these technologies or in applying for a license to commercialize these technologies should send a written request for further information, referencing the NIST Docket Number and Title, to: Marcia Salkeld, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Industrial Partnerships Program, Building 221, Room B256, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899; Telecopy: 301-869-2751. This is not an announcement of a contract action or a grant. NIST Docket Number: 93-44; Title: AntiFerromagnetically Coupled Double-Layer Magnetic Force Microscope Probe; Description: The magnetic force microscope probe of this invention features two magnetic layers separated by a nonmagnetic layer. The magnetic layers are preferably of different thicknesses and are strongly antiferromagnetically coupled. This configuration provides uniform magnetization and small stray magnetic fields. NIST Docket Number: 92-64; Title: Atomic Force Microscope Using Piezoelectric Detection; Description: This atomic force microscope, using pieoelectric detection, determines surface properties of insulator and conductor samples without the snap-in related errors common to cantilever probe mounts. NIST Docket Number: 94-009; Title: Coupling Apparatus for Multimode Infrared Detectors; Description: NIST researchers have invented an optical coupling device that is useful in infrared (IR) laboratory instrumentation and industrial process control. The invention combines two existing IR optical coupling devices in such a way as to overcome their individual deficiencies. NIST Docket Number: 94 - 037CIP; Title: Arsenic Atom Source; Description: This invention provides a source of arsenic atoms, representative of group V and VI elements, usable in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) as a growth source in the manufacture of semiconductors. NIST Docket Number: 94-039; Title: Infrared Neutral-Density Filter Having Copper Alloy Film; Description: The infrared neutral-density optical filter of this invention has a film consisting essentially of copper and nickel, preferably using the alloy Constantan, on a dielectric substrate. The filter achieves a high optical density with a low spectral variation.

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0644 19951130\SP-0001.MSC)