Notice2024-21107
State University of New York at Stony Brook University, et al.; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76086-76087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21107]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
State University of New York at Stony Brook University, et al.;
Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific
Instruments
This is a decision pursuant to section 6(c) of the Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, as amended by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).On
August 9, 2024, the Department of Commerce published a notice in the
Federal Register requesting public comment on whether instruments of
equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which the instruments
identified in the docket(s) below are intended to be used, are being
manufactured in the United States. See Application(s) for Duty-Free
Entry of Scientific Instruments, 89 FR 65323-24, August 9, 2024
(Notice). We received no public comments.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments
described below, for such purposes as these are intended to be used,
that were being manufactured in the United States at the time of order.
Docket Number: 24-020. Applicant: State University of New York at
Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5230.
Instrument:Miniature 2-Photon Microscope System. Manufacturer: Nanjing
Transcend Vivoscope Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., China.Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used for neuroscientists to enable them to
study brain activity with unprecedented detail and flexibility.
Acquiring a miniature two-photon scope for campus use would
significantly advance neuroscience research at Stony Brook.
Docket Number: 24-021. Applicant: Washington State University,
Procurement and Contract Services, French Administration Building 240,
P.O. Box 64120, Pullman, WA 99164-1020. Instrument: Optical Lens,
Polarized Beamsplitter, Broadband Dielectric Mirror, Non-polorizing
Beamsplitter, Zero-order half and quarter. Manufacturer: Fuzhou
Sunlight Technology, Co., Ltd., People's Republic of China. Intended
Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study quantum phenomena,
such as: Quantum memory, quantum computing, and quantum networking, and
to investigate the quantum properties of such neutral atom array. This
device could also be used for educational purposes. For graduate
students' education (Physics 800 Doctoral Research) and undergraduate
students' educations (Physics 499 Special Projects), students can learn
how to operate lasers and MOT system to trap neutral atoms and form
atom arrays and design optical layout. These tools will be commonly
used in most quantum optics labs.
Docket Number: 24-022. Applicant: Columbia University, Department
of Physics, Pupin Hall, 538 W 120 Street, New York, NY 10027.
Instrument: Fiber Laser. Manufacturer: PreciLasers, China. Intended
Use: The instrument is intended to be used for the production of an
ultracold and trapped gas of Strontium-88 atoms for a Sr<INF>2</INF>
molecular clock experiment. This molecular clock will be used to
perform precise measurements of molecular vibrational energies,
enabling the study of physics beyondthe standard model. Learning to use
lasers is an important part of the training of graduate students
pursuing Ph.D.s--through using the lasers; they learn laser physics and
practical aspects of operating and maintaining lasers.
Docket Number: 24-023. Applicant: Instrument: University of
Colorado JILA Department, 3300 Walnut Street, Unit B, JILA Building,
Room S/175, Boulder, CO 80301. Instrument: Fiber Laser. Manufacturer:
Shanghai Precilasers Technology Co., Ltd., China. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used for the JILA eEDM Generation III
experiment designed to explore physics beyond the Standard Model by
precisely measuring the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) using a
tabletop setup. The approach involves measuring the eEDM within a
molecular ion, which enhances the eEDM effect for better accuracy. The
fiber laser we intend to acquire will provide the necessary 300 mW
power output for both transitions.
Docket Number: 24-024. Applicant: Columbia University, Department
of Physics, Pupin Hall, 538 W 120th Street, New York, NY 10027.
Instrument: Fiber Laser. Manufacturer: PreciLasers, China. Intended
Use: The instrument is intended to be used for the production of an
ultracold and trapped gas of Strontium-88 atoms for a SR<INF>2</INF>
molecular clock experiment. This molecular clock will be used to
perform precise measurements of molecular vibrational energies,
enabling the study of physics beyond the Standard Model. Also, the
instrument will be used to make sensitive measurements of the
properties of the SR<INF>2</INF> molecule in an optical lattice. In
particular, looking for evidence of non-Newtonian gravity at Angstrom
range, a possible indication of new physics required to explain the
nature of dark matter in the universe.
Docket Number: 24-025.Applicant: Trustees of Boston College, 140
Commonwealth Avenue, Higgins Hall 335, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
Instrument: Atomic Force Microscope Tip Containing Single Nitrogen
Vacancy Centers. Manufacturer: QZabre Limited, Switzerland. Intended
Use: The instrument is intended to be used in research projects in
quantum information science and quantum materials. The diamond atomic
force microscope tip (AFM) tip with single nitrogen vacancy (NV)
centers will allow us to obtain the highest spatial resolution imaging
of magnetic stray fields and current distributions. The instruments
will be conducted by graduate students enrolled in doctoral
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program at Boston College. This will significantly benefit their
training on cutting-edge quantum sensing techniques and allow them to
join the US STEM workforce upon graduation.
Dated: September 12, 2024.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysts, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-21107 Filed 9-16-24; 8:45 am]
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