[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 26571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12310]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications 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; 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 filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Suite 
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 03-021.
    Applicant: University of Colorado, JILA, UCB 440, JILA Building, 
Room S/175, Boulder, CO 80309.
    Instrument: YAG Laser and Intensity Noise Eater.
    Manufacturer: InnoLight GmbH, Germany.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study gases 
of the alkalis potassium and rubidium. Experiments to be conducted will 
involve optically trapping and manipulating the ultracold gases using 
light from the laser for understanding metals, insulators, and 
superconductors and the phase transitions between them.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 23, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-022.
    Applicant: University of California, Berkeley, Physics Department, 
366 Le Conte Hall, 7300, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300.
    Instrument: Low Temperature UHV Scanning Tunneling Microscope.
    Manufacturer: Omicron Vakuumphysik GmbH, Germany.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study 
magnetic nanostructures at metal and semiconductor surfaces. One of the 
main goals is to determine if magnetic nanostructures are suitable for 
use as ``quantum bits'' in a quantum computer (qubits) and if it is 
possible to detect and control the quantum states of a single spin 
center, and determine its level of quantum decoherence.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 29, 2003.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-12310 Filed 5-15-03; 8:45 am]
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