Notice2024-13919
Harvard University et al.; Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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June 25, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53045-53046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13919]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Harvard University et al.; Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, asamended
by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments
on the question of whether instruments of equivalent scientific value,
for the purposes for which the instruments shown below are intended to
be used, are being manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the
regulations and be postmarked on or before (Insert date 20 days after
publication in the Federal Register). Address written comments to
Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 41006, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Please also email a copy of those
comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86c2efe7e8e8e3a8cee7e8f5eee7f1c6f2f4e7e2e3a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="15517c747b7b703b5d747b667d74625561677471703b727a63">[email protected]</span></a>.
Docket Number: 24-013. Applicant: Harvard University, 17 Oxford
Street, Jefferson 158, Cambridge, MA 02138. Instrument: Narrow
linewidth single frequency fiber laser. Manufacturer: Shanghai
Precilaser Technology, Co., Ltd., China. Intended Use: The instrument
is intended to be used for the high power (15 W), single frequency
laser system at 828. 5 nm will be used in a quantum physics experiment
at Harvard for optical tweezer trapping of rubidium-87 atoms. The
available laser power will allow many more of these atoms (thousands)
to be controlled than previously demonstrated (hundreds). This will
allow the study of larger quantum systems with properties and
fidelities far exceeding smaller systems. Justification for Duty-Free
Entry: According to the applicant, there are no instruments of the same
general category manufactured in the United States. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 8, 2024.
Docket Number: 24-014. Applicant: Drexel University, Rm-MS 3701,
Market Street, RM 470, Central Receiving, 34th & Ludlow Streets,
Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Instrument: Battery fabrication equipment. Manufacturer: Xiamen TOB
New Energy. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to
understand how battery electrodes are made, how to improve their
processing, and how to make higher performance rechargeable batteries.
The battery materials include oxides, and carbons and the phenomena is
battery electrode microstructure and performance. Justification for
Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant, there are no instruments
of the same general category manufactured in the United States.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 9, 2024.
Docket Number: 24 -015. Applicant: Harvard University, 17 Oxford
Street, Jefferson 158, Cambridge, MA 02138. Instrument: Narrow
Linewidth Laser. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilaser Technology, Co.,
Ltd., China. Intended Use: The high power (15 W), narrow-linewidth/
single frequency laser system at 852 nm will be used in a quantum
physics experiment at Harvard for optical tweezer trapping of rubidium-
87 atoms. Narrow-linewidth operation of the laser is critical to the
method of optical tweezer generation we use to trap atoms, and we need
as much power as possible to perform experiments on the largest
possible quantum systems. The wavelength of 852 nm is important because
it is sufficiently far detuned from the atomic transition to provide
long qubit coherence time. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According
to the applicant, there are no instruments of the same general category
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: April 29, 2024.
Docket Number: 24-016. Applicant: Cornell University, 377 Pine Tree
Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850.
Instrument: Closed-cycle cryostat sample manipulator for ultra-low
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temperature angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy & electron energy
loss spectroscopy. Manufacturer: Fermion Instrument, China. Intended
Use: The instrument is intended to be used to conduct two different
types of experiments: angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES)
and electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS). ARPES is a technique
which allows us to measure directly the momentum-resolved single-
particle electronic structure of materials. EELS is a technique which
allows us to measure the energy-resolved collective excitations in
materials (such as lattice vibrations, plasmons, etc.). We currently
have an electron detector that is, in principle, compatible with both
techniques. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the
applicant, there are no instruments of the same general category
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: April 2, 2024.
Dated: June 20, 2024.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysis, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-13919 Filed 6-24-24; 8:45 am]
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