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RAP opportunity at National Institute of Standards and Technology     NIST

Waveform Metrology

Location

Communications Technology Laboratory, Radio Frequency Technology Division

opportunity location
50.67.22.B5521 Boulder, CO

NIST only participates in the February and August reviews.

Advisers

name email phone
Tasshi Dennis tasshi@nist.gov 303.497.3507

Description

High-speed waveforms constitute the currency of modern, data intensive communications. Whether they are digital signals in a computer processor or interconnect, broadband wireless signals; or optic signals in a transoceanic fiber cable, high-speed signals experience distortion from many sources. Faster next-generation systems require accurate measurements of signal quality to understand the inevitable degradation (both from the system and the measurement equipment itself) and to develop innovative methods for dynamic compensation of this degradation. In collaboration with both academic and private sector technology leaders, NIST researchers are developing advanced measurement science for characterizing high-speed signals and the causes of signal degradation. A multidisciplinary effort, including optical signal processing, microwave circuit theory, statistics, system identification, and analysis of inverse problems is indispensable to making the leap to next-generation computing and dynamic communications systems. Proposals should complement and expand on NIST work in the areas of high-speed digital (both electrical and optical), nonlinear network analysis, and broadband wireless.

https://www.nist.gov/ctl/rf-technology-division/high-speed-measurements-group

References

Hale PD, et al: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 58(10): 3554, 2009

Hale PD, Dienstfrey A: Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2010: I2MTC 10: IEEE, 386

Hale PD, Williams DF, and Dienstfrey A,  Metrologia, 55 (5), S135-S151, 2018.

key words
Inverse problems; Optical signal processing; System identification; Digital signals; Wireless communications; Optical communications; Statistics; Interconnects; Nonlinear

Eligibility

Citizenship:  Open to U.S. citizens
Level:  Open to Postdoctoral applicants

Stipend

Base Stipend Travel Allotment Supplementation
$82,764.00 $3,000.00
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