News Archive
Institute news items and announcements from 2000 through March 2004.
Items marked with an asterisk (*) link to archived project pages; other links
may no longer resolve due to the discontinuation of the original website.
2004
| Date | Item |
|---|
| 2004-03-11 |
Thermal systems group completes extended-duration heat exchanger fouling study. Results indicate asymptotic fouling behaviour in the primary loop exchangers after ~2,400 hours of continuous operation. * Full summary |
| 2004-02-18 |
New vacuum deposition system commissioned in Building 4. The cryo-pumped e-beam system achieves a base pressure of 3×10−9 mbar following bake-out. [details] |
| 2004-01-07 |
Cryogenics group achieves 14 mK base temperature in the new dilution refrigerator (Build 2). The system uses a sintered-silver heat exchanger matrix with a measured cooling power of 40 μW at 100 mK. [details] |
2003
| Date | Item |
|---|
| 2003-12-19 |
Prof. Lindqvist presents transient thermal response modelling results at the IAEA Technical Meeting on Thermal Hydraulics. [details] (restricted distribution) |
| 2003-11-20 |
ISOCTA hosts the 3rd Nordic THz Spectroscopy Workshop. Twenty-seven participants from eight institutions attended the two-day programme in Building 3. [details] |
| 2003-10-08 |
Dr. Park's group demonstrates coherent manipulation of a flux qubit with a gate fidelity exceeding 99%. Results submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. [details] |
| 2003-09-14 |
Building 5 magnet laboratory completes installation and commissioning of the 14 T superconducting solenoid (Oxford Instruments, Nb3Sn/NbTi, 89 mm cold bore). The magnet reached design field on the first energisation cycle. [details] |
| 2003-06-24 |
Site electrical infrastructure upgrade completed. The new 11 kV ring main provides redundant supply paths to Substations B5 and B6. [details] |
| 2003-06-02 |
Dr. Volkova's helicon plasma source characterisation accepted in Review of Scientific Instruments. * Plasma division page |
| 2003-05-15 |
Annual safety review completed. No lost-time incidents for the fourth consecutive year. Building 6 dosimetry programme shows aggregate exposure well below administrative limits. * Safety & Compliance page |
| 2003-04-02 |
ISOCTA signs collaborative agreement with the University of Tokyo ISSP for joint development of cryogenic quantum measurement systems. [details] |
| 2003-03-11 |
Phase II funding awarded for coherent free-space optical communications programme. * Photonics division page |
| 2003-01-20 |
Building 6 primary loop operated continuously for 187 days without unplanned shutdown — a new site record. * Building 6 page |
2002
| Date | Item |
|---|
| 2002-11-07 |
New shielded anechoic chamber commissioned in Building 3 for antenna and THz beam pattern measurements. [details] |
| 2002-08-29 |
Dr. Tanaka awarded the 2002 Institute Medal for contributions to non-linear optical materials. [details] |
| 2002-05-14 |
ISOCTA receives ISO 9001:2000 certification for its quality management system covering research operations and facility management. [details] |
| 2002-02-20 |
Building 6 polar crane undergoes five-yearly statutory load test. All systems certified for continued operation at 50 t SWL. * Building 6 page |
2001
News items from 2001…
2000
News items from 2000…